A Softer Alternative to Chicago’s Concrete Shoreline

Chicago has just proposed a new 6 acre extension to the shoreline park at Fullerton Avenue  complete with new concrete revetment.  Having recently combed the sand dunes of Indiana’s Lake Michigan shore, we wonder about softer shore styles they might have considered.  Surely concrete barricades aren’t the only strategy for interfacing  between land and water at the city’s edge … maybe…

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