We've got some good news and some bad news. Good news first: If you can see the sky over the lake from your place, you'll have a great view of something spectacular. The bad news: If you want to be able to get around Uptown on July 4th, you're probably SOL. The Mayor's Office of Special Events has cancelled the traditional Grant Park fireworks on July 3rd, and is instead having three smaller displays throughout the city. The show for the entire North Side will be held in the Montrose Harbor area, although no specific location has been announced. Read all about it here.
The comments attached to the original story here are almost all negative. Wonder if the city hall folks will get the message and relent.
ReplyDeleteHey - how about installing "people parking meters" for the event? As you enter the park you plug a few quarters into the machine which would entitle you to stay in Grant Park for the duration of the fireworks, nothing more.
Moneymaker maybe?
The comments attached to the original story here are almost all negative
ReplyDeleteWhen you ask people to pay more, and provide less ..., then take a away a little more...?
Makes people angry.
First, Venetian Night.
Now, Independence Day.
Lake side business owners are not going to be happy.
Nor are the yacht clubs - who didn't support the Mayor's 2016 plans.
*cough*
Anyway, I'll give props to John Fritchey on this one. This afternoon he said that there are a lot of other things which could have been cut, first.
The Uptown Liberation Army is not happy.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7iICQ8rT4M
Down with the dope. Up with Hope.
I think it'll be great! I can watch from my boat!
ReplyDeleteJust a casual observation...I'm wondering how people will be kept out of the bird sanctuary!
ReplyDelete*cough*
ReplyDeleteGreg Hinz nails it with regards to this particular move of the Mayor's:
Cash in one of your TIF districts if necessary to pay for the fireworks, Mr. Mayor. Or drop a few bodies from your sizeable public-relations contingent. Or quit building new police stations and libraries until the economy gets better.