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Old Posted Jun 25, 2016, 2:17 PM
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Originally Posted by pilsenarch View Post
HA! How many times have we litigated this on these forums. Look, an independent panel determined this to be the best site in Chicago, and, more importantly, IT WA THE ONLY SITE LUCAS WOULD CONSIDER. With regard to site, there was really nothing ever to negotiate.

So, other sites are irrelevant if you want to accept a free institution that would continue to reward Chicago for generations and generations to come.

You should feel pathetic, Mr. Downtown, for your myopic, yet 'principled' objection to this addition of a museum and parkland to the Museum Campus
An independent panel comprised of whom? Rahm and George?

Kamin is right. If he had simply engaged the community on this process from the beginning rather than taking a dictatorial approach (MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY) I suspect this would have gone far smoother than it did.