Letters: It will always be the Museum of Science and Industry

When my two sisters and I were growing up on the South Side of Chicago in the 1960s, my father would come home after work on Saturday afternoons, and we would hop into his 1963 Chevrolet Impala for a short ride to “The Museum.” Everyone in South Shore knew which museum we were visiting. No other name was needed other than “The Museum.”

As a result, we are now supposed to refer to it as the “Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry.”One year into his administration, and it’s not hard to see why Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s favorability is sitting at just announced the city demanded that the free gathering be categorized as the same event style as Lollapalooza and the Chicago Triathlon.

But Chicago government did what Chicago government does best — prioritized money over people. This is bad for the city. It’s bad for young people, and it’s bad governing. Now everyone loses. When the cicadas start buzzing, I will be in a good mood as I remember the lazy, hazy days of that summer of 1973. And I will smile — albeit with a closed-mouth Mona Lisa smile until such time as my new denture arrives.Around 600 million birds die every year from colliding with buildings in the U.S., according to a 2019 report from Cornell University. Chicago is an important area for bird migration because birds fly along the shores of Lake Michigan.

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