We are, after all, at the centennial of the Olmstead park plan.

To some degree, I was very dubious of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' idea - taking a theme park ride and turning into a film - even though they seemed to end up being quite fun films.

Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.

Our intent was originally to park on the lake bed. That was plan A. We've got a Plan B. There's lots of room. We want to save some space by having people carpool.

The Downtown Oak Park Plan anticipates improvements to the underpass,

Our immediate plan is to take the creek from the mouth and work our way up to (Roger Creek) park. We'll do some riparian planting and some rock placement.