The sounds of Lake Shore Drive fade rapidly, and we step off the late springtime glare of Division street into a dark, cool, green oasis, only briefly reentering the light along the way. A few blocks later, we come across a park, quite spacious and comfortable considering how close to the heart of the city we are.

School has just let out, and somebody doesn't seem happy about this fact at all. We shrug and move along, and so does he.