Lynn Becker characterizes the Plan Commission as a bunch of Daley followers in this cartoon:

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(Note the 13 Daley and two figures running away).

The Chicago Reader recently ran a front-page piece "A Commission of Puppets":

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Yesterday was a sad day for the Chicago Planning tradition .

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

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...

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...

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residents of nearby high-rises prize its quiet ambience as an antidote to Millennium Park's throngs -- its design is as outdated and outmoded...