Grant Park Advisory Council (GPAC) and Grant Park Conservancy will hold a public meeting Monday (June 18, 2007) night*at*6:30 p.m. at Roosevelt University.

"Please come out and give us and Lollapalooza officials your input on Lollapalooza 2007 in Grant Park.* This year's Lollapalooza will be: August 3-5, 2007.* We want to hear from you to make this a better event and work to reduce concerns."

For more information see*Lollapalooza 2007 meeting.

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Eric Frost

In the past week a bunch of planters have appeared along Randolph St.

On the east end of the street on the south side across from Outer Drive East this presents a problem as the sidewalk was not very wide to begin with and now more than half the sidewalk has been claimed by the behemoth planters.*

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I just missed it in this...

Eric Frost

The Children's Museum has gone back to their original plans to relocate the the Daley Bi Fieldhouse along Randolph St.

The Monro / Columbus location was opposed by Grant Park Conservancy and Friends of the Parks.

By the way, Richard Ward has been helping area residents stay informed about this topic. If you are interested...

Eric Frost

Construction & Maintenance reports that Otis Elevator Company of Farmington, CT won an $11 million contract to supply the elevators for Aqua. Otis supplied the elevators for all of the building in Lakeshore East except the first one, the Lancaster.

*Regarding the development in general, Lakeshore East is described*as: "When completed, the 28-acre, $4 billion Lakeshore East will consist of 16 high-rise residential buildings, 4, 900 residences, 2.2 million square feet of commercial...

Eric Frost

Bob O'Neill writes that there will be a Grant Park Conservancy meeting on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 6:30 p.m.

The meeting will be at Daley Bicennteniel Plaza (337 E. Randolph just east of Columbus Drive) regarding the Children's Museum Plans for relocating to this area.

He invites that you "Please come out and give us your input on the newest plans for the museum."

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Eric Frost