Hyde Park Progress is a blog devoted to promoting reasonable economic improvement in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. It is a forum for members of the community who want to end the artificial isolation of Hyde Park from the larger economy of the City. It calls for the improvement of neighborhood retail and commercial amenities, safety, and liveliness.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Hyde Park Gives Nation A President; People Party Elsewhere
I'm sure Hyde Parkers have plenty of gravitas and quiet dignity when they go outside the neighborhood to shop for hotels, food, clothing, auto body work, movies, restaurants, medical care, and, in this case: the world's biggest party.
Hyde Park:
I was in Grant Park with my girlfriend and it was lovely! :-)
ReplyDeleteC. Pop - Hyde Parkers party with gravitas and quiet dignity.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Hyde Parkers have plenty of gravitas and quiet dignity when they go outside the neighborhood to shop for hotels, food, clothing, auto body work, movies, restaurants, medical care, and, in this case: the world's biggest party.
ReplyDeleteHey, it was kinda fun running out into the empty streets to cheer!
ReplyDeleteHey, it was kinda fun running out into the empty streets to cheer!
ReplyDelete...until the gunshots scared me back inside.
Well yes, but that's not abnormal.
ReplyDeletethere is a downside to all of this. With 51st Street blocked between Drexel and Woodlawn, I have to walk further to the bus stop.
ReplyDeleteBut I guess I could use the exercise.