Cook County Forest Preserve District is tearing down the last of the toboggan slides:
The last toboggan slides in the Cook County Forest Preserve District will come down despite an impassioned plea to preserve the historic attractions enjoyed by generations of city and suburban residents.
The Forest Preserve Commission approved contracts Tuesday to demolish the storied, southwest suburban Swallow Cliff slides and a set of similar slides at Caldwell Woods on Chicago’s Far Northwest Side.
Caldwell Woods is just a few minutes away, so I went over and took some pictures a few weeks ago. Then a lot of other stuff came up, so I didn’t get around to posting them until just now.
What a shame. I recall sliding down the Jensen Slides, in the woods in/near the Caldwell Woods, We always had fun; noone got hurt. Looks lke kids now will have to use virtual slides via the internet.
Will anyone ever get actual exercise in the real world?
So sad. I just found out today that the slides are no longer there! I used to slide down them in the winter as a teen ager and it was very fun. I wish money would stop being an issue all the time for so many things. Seems there is money for a lot of other things but we here in the US should come first.
This is exactly why the current younger generations are doing so much illegal stuff. They really dont have anything to bide there time as everything has been closed, and torn down. If you dont give the kids something to do, well, they are going to get into trouble. Its sad people havent figured that out.