The Sidewalk as an Environmental Threshold

The Sidewalk as an Environmental Threshold

This is the second post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with The Metropole. I was walking through Chicago with a friend, and we came to a sudden break in the sidewalk. We had to step onto the grass to continue. I didn’t mind the slight detour, but my friend stressed that “The city needs to fix this. It’s not right for us to have to walk on dirt when there’s a sidewalk.” I laughed off her complaint, but…