CHICAGO Owen Keehnen remembers when the AIDS epidemic, which disproportionately affected the LGBTQ community, was at its height in the late 1980s. The gay
The new park is set to be completed in early spring next year to commemorate the lives of those lost in the epidemic and become a new green space in the community and for the city.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Vice Mayor Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) were present at the groundbreaking of the AIDS Garden Chicago on the lakefront at Belmont Ave.“AIDS Garden Chicago will be the city s first public monument to memorialize the early days of Chicago s HIV epidemic, and honor those who continue