{"id":7969,"date":"2017-12-04T04:25:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T04:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?p=7969"},"modified":"2017-12-04T04:25:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T04:25:57","slug":"new-lighting-installed-at-montgomery-ward-park-along-the-dog-park-and-riverwalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?p=7969","title":{"rendered":"New Lighting Installed at Montgomery Ward Park along the Dog Park and Riverwalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7973\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ward-Park-with-Lights-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Alderman Reilly is very pleased to announce the installation of 14 acorn lights along the south side of Montgomery Ward Park by the Riverwalk and the adjoining Larrabee Dog Park. These lights are dark sky compliant, meaning they minimize glare while reducing light trespass and skyglow.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The installation of additional lighting was recommended by the Chicago Police Department as a public safety and critical infrastructure improvement to illuminate the area and curb illegal activities.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Alderman Reilly requested the Chicago Department of Transportation survey the south side of Montgomery Ward Park by the Riverwalk and the adjoining Larrabee Dog Park to determine what lighting improvements could be made.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Lighting along the south side of the park is now complete, and light poles around the Dog Friendly Area have been installed, with acorn light fixtures soon to be installed.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">These lighting enhancements will go a long way towards improving safety in this area.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\">\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\">\u00a0Source: \u00a0Alderman Reilly Reports 12\/1\/17<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alderman Reilly is very pleased to announce the installation of 14 acorn lights along the south side of Montgomery Ward Park by the Riverwalk and the adjoining Larrabee Dog Park. These lights are dark sky compliant, meaning they minimize glare while reducing light trespass and skyglow. The installation of additional lighting was recommended by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7969","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\/7969","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=7969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7969\/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=7969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}