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Originally Posted by BVictor1
What projects can you name that should have been rejected [by Plan Commission]?
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Well, just yesterday, I don’t think they should have approved the North Branch Framework without providing for public parks. Hope is not a strategy. Or a tactic.
They shouldn’t have approved 1000M and the two 900-foot towers fronting Roosevelt that violate their own adopted plan. Same with X/O and Essex Inn. If the plan needs to be amended, do so. Don’t just ignore the law.
They shouldn’t have approved the British International School instead of a public park at Roosevelt Collection merely because the developer was crying poor.
They shouldn’t have approved the Lucas Museum so far from public transport, and in their role as overseers of the lakefront, where it blocked vistas of the lake.
They shouldn’t have approved the Childrens Museum or the Harris Theater in the protected part of Grant Park.
They shouldn’t have approved Ritz-Carlton Residences on the Mag Mile without the traditional 10th-floor setback.
They shouldn’t have approved Lurie Childrens Hospital without extending St. Clair north to Chicago Ave.
They shouldn’t have approved Legacy in a historic district.