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Tourists Get A Bumpy Ride and Part of Oak Park's Glamour Falls Into a Pot Hole
commentary by Ed Vincent

The condition of the roads in this town vary from one street
to the next. Recently the streets near our home have been repaired and recovered with a glazing of thin tar compound,
but that has been too soon-given other streets that are in more
need of direct action.

Months ago we made it known to members of our local government that the first streets to be repaired should be
those that are near our most valuable tourist sites. In the
Spring of this year we went to the Frank Lloyd Wright home and studio locations, the streets which are viewed by the
majority of our visitors from out of town, and found them
the worst perhaps in Cook County.

Why would someone with an alert mind choose to ignore this region of our town to the last minute? The best response we
got was that the streets had already been planned out and
others might be upset if their street was not done first. Should
it be implied from that reasoning that this was a well laid out plan.

Here's a part of the well developed plan, their was an entire
block of people who were blocked in their alleys because the street was closed. These residents lived on block with a dead
end alley. The people doing the streets had no idea that they were blocking a dead end alley. When the men were advised
of the event, they said they were unaware of the dead end and would have to tell their bosses. Their bosses took no action in informing folks about the area that would not be able to get their cars out the next day. The only saving grace was that
most folks had left for work before the street was closed, but
not everyone.

If you have friends and family over to your home for a given holiday and think that not flushing your toilet for a week
before they arrive is a good idea, why worry about people coming from all over the world to see our wonderful buildings and finding some of the worst streets around.

Perhaps these streets should have been fixed first instead of last. We spend thousands and thousands on pretty signs for
the visitors, how about a street they can drive down? How
about a street that might reflect a vision of Oak Park better
than a cry for repair.

Nice planning Oak Park.

Still not fixed, and its Fall.....
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