{"id":16823,"date":"2020-03-24T15:22:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T20:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?p=16823"},"modified":"2020-03-24T15:22:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T20:22:15","slug":"chicago-park-district-covid-19-response-playgrounds-closed-other-outdoor-areas-dfss-open-but-practice-social-distancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?p=16823","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Park District COVID-19 Response &#8211; Playgrounds Closed &#8211; Lakefront, Riverwalk and 606 Trail  Closed &#8211; Other Outdoor Areas &#038; Dog Friendly Areas Open &#8211; Critical to practice social distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the excessive gatherings of people along Chicago&#8217;s Lakefront, Riverwalk and 606 Trail this week, effective immediately,\u00a0Mayor Lori E.\u00a0Lightfoot has issued an executive order closing these spaces to the public until further notice.\u00a0These measures are designed to protect the health and\u00a0safety of residents amid the outbreak of the\u00a0coronavirus disease (COVID-19).\u00a0For more information on this executive order,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2020\/march\/ClosureLakefrontParks606Riverwalk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>please click here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Please read the following response from the Chicago Park District. \u00a0Please note that WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PLAYGROUNDS, all outdoor spaces are open for public use. \u00a0Dog Friendly Areas remain open. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>ALL PLAYGROUNDS ARE CLOSED.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>For everyone&#8217;s safety please continue practicing social distancing by keeping 6 foot distances, continue hand washing for 20 seconds and please stay home if you feel ill. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16824 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Chicago-Park-District.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"970\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the excessive gatherings of people along Chicago&#8217;s Lakefront, Riverwalk and 606 Trail this week, effective immediately,\u00a0Mayor Lori E.\u00a0Lightfoot has issued an executive order closing these spaces to the public until further notice.\u00a0These measures are designed to protect the health and\u00a0safety of residents amid the outbreak of the\u00a0coronavirus disease (COVID-19).\u00a0For more information on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}