Logan Square Skate Park

I don’t skate. In fact, the last time I had wheels strapped to my feet was 1993 when I worked part time at a skating rink (and yes, that job was as much fun as you can imagine it would be.)
Earlier this year, I was unemployed with a lot of time on my hands. I had so much free time that I would just wander around my neighborhood aimlessly because it gave me something to do. One of my regular stops was the Logan Square Skate Park.
It was fun to watch the kids do tricks and skate around. At times I felt like a creepy old lady surrounded by high school kids, but this park was family friendly so a few parents brought their little ones occasionally to skate around. Oh, who am I kidding… I still felt creepy but it was a nice distraction and it got me off my couch and out of my pajamas.

The following is a short story about how uncool I am. Whilst driving past the Logan Square skate park last week I was asked my 3yr old nephew, who’s really into skateboarding, whether he liked all the ramps. His reply, «Uncle Christoph, it’s called a PIPE».
Other than making me feel like an old geezer, the skate park is a great idea and welcome addition. Sure I feel like I’m contracting various deadly diseases every time I walk underneath the Kennedy, but these kids are young, and if anyone can party underneath the expressway it’s teenagers (and pigeons).
Skate on bro.

Let me start by saying I’d give it 4 stars but there is too much bird shit on the ground and the lighting is horrible.
The specs: a couple of decent flatbars, a weird/​awkward ramp section, a couple of manual pads and cool 2.5 foot spine thing.
There are 2 things I like about this park:
1) Its like 2 blocks from my apartment
2) Very high teenage thug/​idiot factor. (This place is a total teenage wasteland. Lots of young ass kids who should probably be in high school are skating/​drinking beer/​making out/​putting up really corny graffiti that says stuff like «Rick Sucks Balls».)
When you factor those two things in you can clearly see that this is a perfect, er 3 star skate spot