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Tribune Editorial Opposes Children's Museum in Grant Park

Posted September 13th, 2007 at 04:47 PM by Eric Frost

From the Chicago Tribune - "Aside from protecting the park, this project raises questions of safety and quality of life. This area of the city already is teeming with pedestrian and vehicle traffic, with much more to come via residential buildings planned. The museum site would add hundreds of thousands of visitors annually, descending on a three-tiered section of Randolph Street that can be difficult to navigate. Downtown Chicago, already so gridlocked and stressed that a proposed fee for driving...

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Children's Museum Has Yet to Make their Case

Posted September 13th, 2007 at 04:33 PM by Eric Frost

The architectural critic of the Chicago Tribune wrote an article that was published yesterday on why the Children's Museum should not be located in Daley Bicentenniel Plaza.

Regarding the Plaza itself the critic writes: "Though Daley Bicentennial is not without merit -- its rigidly symmetrical layout does frame views of Buckingham Fountain, and residents of nearby high-rises prize its quiet ambience as an antidote to Millennium Park's throngs -- its design is as outdated and outmoded...

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Reilly to Make a Decision Next Week

Posted September 13th, 2007 at 04:48 PM by Eric Frost

Crain's Chicago writes that Reilly will make a decision next week about whether to present the Children's Museum's plan to take over Grant Park. He is quoted --

“This has been a tough one,” he said. “One the one hand, I have a responsibility to my constituents, and on the other, Grant Park is the city’s front yard. What benefits (Grant Park) benefits all of the city.”

We should add that it is up to debate about whether the proposed relocation offers any benefits to...

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The Grant Park Land Grab

Posted May 14th, 2008 at 05:32 AM by Eric Frost

If it's at all possible, the Chicago Tribune editorial board again stepped up their efforts to opposing the Children's Museum move to Grant Park with this strongly worded article today...

"Will a commission formed in 1909 to demand good planning recommend approval in 2008 of a project that reflects virtually no planning whatsoever?"

The Grant Park land grab

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Tribune Editorial Opposes Children's Museum in Grant Park

Children's Museum Has Yet to Make their Case

Reilly to Make a Decision Next Week

The Grant Park Land Grab