Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
Ten-year-old Susanna Aderotimi had been roller skating only once before Friday.
But after a few laps around a new outdoor rink in West Garfield Park, she already was planning a return visit.
“I like that you get to move around,” said Susanna, who attended the rink’s opening day Friday with a group of Chicago Park District day campers. “It’s like exercising.”
The rink, at 4008 W. Madison St., is only a temporary structure, built on one of many empty lots along the neighborhood’s main commercial corridor.
Along with the rink, there’s a community plaza a project that some residents hope is the start of rebuilding the West Side.