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A second fall at Starved Rock State Park has officials reminding hikers to stay on the trails and follow warning signs. [Tribune]
A pedestrian was struck and seriously injured on the Dan Ryan near Cermak this morning. [Sun-Times]
Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin agrees with Samantha on the Damen Avenue Bridge's new paint job. [Kamin/Tribune]
Nearly 2,300 workers were laid off in August across Illinois. [Sun-Times]
WBEZ digs back to 2001 and offers Studs Terkel's reaction to the September 11 attacks. [WBEZ]
Before we post our gallery from last night's Dan Sinker/@MayorEmanuel/Mayor Emanuel exercise in the meta, read Jim DeRogatis' dissenting opinion. [DeRogatis/WBEZ]
NewCity's Jason Foumberg asked local artists to create "imaginary monuments to Chicago." The artists answered the call beautifully. [NewCity]

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By Staff in News on September 7, 2011 12:40 PM

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BlueFairlane

I often marvel at the love people who grew up in Illinois have for Starved Rock, which I figure stems mostly from never having seen anyplace actually pretty. Starved Rock is the most fenced-off, locked-down, boardwalked and sign-coated example of an almost-attractive place I've ever seen. What beauty is there--and you have to get away from chainlinked overlooks of dams and distant power plants to see it--is marred by all the fences and massive signs reminding us repeatedly that gravity exists, and even then those scars of humanity's presence are not enough. It's truly tragic that this spate of deaths included an 8-year-old whose parents evidently forgot basic physics and the responsibilities it imposes on parents, but I really hope it doesn't result in a further separation of the people of Illinois with the tiny shred of natural world left to them.