Epic Logan Square Halloween Block Gets Even Spookier

LOGAN SQUARE — If you happen to stop by the 2400 and 2500 blocks of Bernard Street in Logan Square this month, you may see Nelson Gonzalez moving things around in his front yard “like moving furniture in your house” — except he s not moving tables and chairs. Instead, Gonzalez is maneuvering a 10-foot spider made from pool noodles and foam, cornstalks he bought in the suburbs and Portuguese mausoleums and cemetery vaults made from pink insulation foam carved to look like stone. And it’s not just his yard, but two others as well. A resident of Bernard Street for 33 years, Gonzalez has been putting on elaborate Halloween displays since 2003 — first on his own, then with neighbor Beth LeFauve, his partner in making the decorations since 2015. About three years ago, their display stretched into neighbor Danny Higgins yard as well. An electrical engineer, Gonzalez makes the figures move. LeFauve, an artist, “decorates to make them look real cool,” Gonzalez said. This year’s