A popular Lincoln Park feature that was first dug in the late 1970s while the late Sam Seever was mayor, the park’s lagoon is undergoing yet another update.
The lagoon was proposed as an alternative to a swampy park area that after the Superior Canal was constructed north of Eighth Street was difficult to mow.
Proponents thought it would make an ice skating rink in the winter and a fishing pond in the summer. Like many plans, things haven’t turned out as good as they were envisioned. The lagoon has been prone to the development of aquatic vegetation and it has been difficult to keep free of se...
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