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A total of 68 Amazon lockers are being installed at Chicago parks across the city, according to a list provided by the Park District. Some have already been installed, and others are being installed later this month.

I’m stunned that A) someone at Amazon and the city thought this was a good use of public green space and B) no one anticipated blowback.

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It actually seems fairly useful for say, the homeless population to have an easy place to pick up items, or people who are walking through the park to pick up items.

The only issue I would have with this is, they should've created their own platform for it adjacent to the sidewalk, not ON the sidewalk, and the space should only be leased or licensed to Amazon temporarily, not permanently.

Sure, but at a park?

Claiming Amazon lockers could be a boon for the homeless is incredibly dystopian.

Sure, but only because it highlights how little support society gives to the homeless.

Is it? People who are poor still sometimes need to buy things, and not having a permanent mailing address would generally make it difficult to buy things that aren't locally available.

I do think that having the Amazon logo displayed prominently on big metal boxes in a city park is dystopian. Doubly so when the big metal boxes are blocking the sidewalk.

It looks fine to me. I don't see the big deal.

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