Last look: Allan and Jan Baldwin, who live two blocks from Scoville Park in Oak Park, take in the park’s scenery Tuesday morning before the entire park is fenced off for renovations.Photos by DAVID PIERINI/Staff photographer
Scoville Park, Oak Park’s front lawn, site of summer concerts, Ultimate Frisbee games, sunbathing, strolling (with or without strollers), climbing on the WWI memorial, toddlers tumbling down the hill, and shortcuts to and from the train — all gone till next spring.
Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. They’re renovating paradise and putting up a chain-link fence. Here’s hoping they preserve the charm of our best green space. Farewell, Scoville.
On the bright side, Mills Park is looking particularly lovely these days.
