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City Accidentally Removed Ghost Bike Installed For Man Hit, Killed While Cycling In Chicago
"This is a city trying to, you know, get people to forget," said Christina Whitehouse, a cycling advocate and founder of Bike Lake Uprising.
June 24, 024
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A well-known memorial honoring a cyclist in Chicago has been missing for more than a month—and it turned out the city removed it by mistake.
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The ghost bike was set up in April 2022 on DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Grant Park for Gerardo Marciales, who was killed the previous winter when he was hit by a car while riding a Divvy bike. Now, the ghost bike is gone.
"This is a city trying to, you know, get people to forget," said Christina Whitehouse, a cycling advocate and founder of Bike Lake Uprising. "Gerardo's ghost bike is by far the most well-known ghost bike in the city of Chicago."
