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Arturo Ruiz, center, plays football with Brandon Ruiz and Alina Bautista in La Villita Park in the Little Village neighborhood on April 7, 2020.
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Arturo Ruiz, center, plays football with Brandon Ruiz and Alina Bautista in La Villita Park in the Little Village neighborhood on April 7, 2020.

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Arturo Ruiz, center, plays football with Brandon Ruiz and Alina Bautista in La Villita Park in the Little Village neighborhood on April 7, 2020.
Arturo Ruiz, center, plays football with Brandon Ruiz and Alina Bautista in La Villita Park in the Little Village neighborhood on April 7, 2020.
Terdarius Rucker, who usually manages a barber shop, touches up the beard of his neighbor, Euclid Cooper, along Humboldt Boulevard in the Logan Square neighborhood on April 7, 2020.
Terdarius Rucker, who usually manages a barber shop, touches up the beard of his neighbor, Euclid Cooper, along Humboldt Boulevard in the Logan Square neighborhood on April 7, 2020.
Yovany Valdez works out in Harrison Park in the Pilsen neighborhood on April 6, 2020. “I gotta stay healthy and burn off this stress,” he says.
Hector Estrada plays with his sons Hector, 9, left, Damian, 2, and Noah, 8, right, in the yard of their home in Brighton Park on April 7, 2020.
Hector Estrada plays with his sons Hector, 9, left, Damian, 2, and Noah, 8, right, in the yard of their home in Brighton Park on April 7, 2020.
Elijah Watts, 9, does handstands and flips in the street while playing with friends and family in the Englewood neighborhood, April 4, 2020.
Elijah Watts, 9, does handstands and flips in the street while playing with friends and family in the Englewood neighborhood, April 4, 2020.
Juanes Vergara practices the trumpet on the softball field in La Villita Park in the Little Village neighborhood on April 7, 2020.
Juanes Vergara practices the trumpet on the softball field in La Villita Park in the Little Village neighborhood on April 7, 2020.
Hector Estrada plays with his sons Hector, 9, Noah, 8, and Damian, 2, and their dog, Sparky in the yard of their home in Brighton Park on, April 7, 2020.
Hector Estrada plays with his sons Hector, 9, Noah, 8, and Damian, 2, and their dog, Sparky in the yard of their home in Brighton Park on, April 7, 2020.
Neighbors Brian Zdziarski, left, and Christine Cermak say hello from their porches in the 7000 block of West 64th Place on April 2, 2020.
Neighbors Brian Zdziarski, left, and Christine Cermak say hello from their porches in the 7000 block of West 64th Place on April 2, 2020.
Customers engage in social distancing as they wait to enter the Costco in North Riverside on April 7, 2020.
Customers engage in social distancing as they wait to enter the Costco in North Riverside on April 7, 2020.
A man wears a handkerchief while jogging at Loyola Beach in the Rogers Park neighborhood on April 2, 2020, in Chicago. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has ordered city beaches to be closed to mitigate the spread of coronavirus.
A man wears a handkerchief while jogging at Loyola Beach in the Rogers Park neighborhood on April 2, 2020, in Chicago. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has ordered city beaches to be closed to mitigate the spread of coronavirus.
In an effort to find some safe space away from others during the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Ferbrache and his children take advantage of an empty parking lot off of Milwaukee Avenue near Armitage Avenue to get some exercise on April 2, 2020. The mural in the background depicts an image of the late actor Robin Williams.
In an effort to find some safe space away from others during the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Ferbrache and his children take advantage of an empty parking lot off of Milwaukee Avenue near Armitage Avenue to get some exercise on April 2, 2020. The mural in the background depicts an image of the late actor Robin Williams.

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