Kyra Senese
Project Support Administrator at Spend Matters
Reporter at Freelance
Project support @spendmatters | Freelance reporter, previously Documenting COVID @browninstitute | Investigative fellow @columbiajourn
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1 month ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Kyra Senese
Share The pink and white petals of Jackson Park’s cherry blossom trees made a timely appearance this year — a return to “normal” after more muted spring seasons in recent years. Experts say the blooms’ timing and length remain at the mercy of changing weather patterns. “This year’s emergence of flowering cherry trees is more typical than what we’ve seen in recent years,” said Spencer Campbell, plant clinic manager at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle.
Cherry blossoms are peaking now in the Chicago area. Here's how long you have to see them in person.
1 month ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Kyra Senese
The pink and white petals of Jackson Park’s cherry blossom trees made a timely appearance this year — a return to “normal” after more muted spring seasons in recent years. Experts say the blooms’ timing and length remain at the mercy of changing weather patterns. “This year’s emergence of flowering cherry trees is more typical than what we’ve seen in recent years,” said Spencer Campbell, plant clinic manager at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle.
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1 month ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Kyra Senese
El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. | The place for coverage of Latino news and culture in Chicago. El sábado muy temprano, Mark Jones visitó el Supercentro Real ID en el centro de Chicago y lo encontró cerrado, lo que lo dejó frustrado, con casi $50 perdidos del pago de estacionamiento y sin la identificación actualizada que llevaba semanas intentando obtener.
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1 month ago |
wbez.org | Dorothy Hernandez |Kyra Senese |Pat Nabong |Jessica Ma
Cherry blossom alert: The cherry trees are blooming in Jackson Park on the South Side. After two years of underwhelming blooms, Chicagoans returned to Jackson Park this weekend to catch the first signs of cherry blossoms, with their delicate pink and white petals beginning to unfurl. Many paused to snap selfies or take in a moment of springtime peace.
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1 month ago |
wbez.org | Kyra Senese
Mark Jones visited the Real ID Supercenter in downtown Chicago early Saturday only to find it closed, leaving him frustrated, out nearly $50 for parking and without the updated identification he’d been trying to secure for weeks. “I got up at a quarter to 6 a.m. and came all the way downtown, only to find out the place was closed,” said Jones, 29, of Bellwood, who works for American Airlines.
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Once the flowers open, cherry blossoms typically stick around for just one to two weeks, and that window can shrink depending on environmental stressors like rain, wind, or cold snaps, experts say. https://t.co/f8mWZhvaGY
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