Protect Our Parks

As far as we know, no other group of citizens has taken this journey to Switzerland and the heart of the Olympic movement to present their protests directly to the IOC in defiance of the leaders of their city's bid apparatus.

This unprecedented deal would've made money for the Latin School since they could sell sponsorships, fund raise and give donor recognition in the second most used park in America and they could sublease or re-sell the field to paying users when they were not using it. The general public (read, you and me and public school kids) could use this proposed facility without regard for the Latin School's schedule only during the winter - so dress warmly. How could this happen?

After stopping the private Latin School from building a soccer field in Lincoln Park, a group of residents was unable to stop the Chicago Park Distric...