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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
The Tribune finally notices that this site is on the lakefront:
The Lucas Museum should not be on Chicago's lakefront
Last week's unveiling of plans for a Lucas Museum of Narrative Art crystallized what until now had been a disagreement about a controversial location and a structure of unknown size. The first concern will fester until the museum is sited somewhere else. The second, though, has awakened Chicagoans to the stakes for Chicago's lakefront. Mayor Rahm Emanuel should tell the people of his city that he won't give these 17 acres to this or any other construction project.
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^ I think the Tribune is being retarded here.
The museum campus is better then grass. It's better than Lake Michigan. Yes, Lake Michigan is nice but lets stop with the drama. This is not going to lead down a slippery slope of development on the lakefront.
Chicago could only be so lucky to have a billionaire propose to build a musuem on its lakefront once every century, if ever again. Get a grip, Tribune morons...
Finally, I'm tired of this "there was no public debate" bitching. For nearly everything proposed, ever, at any time, somebody is always complaining about the lack of a public debate. Well the public debate is happening, NOW. That's what this all is. But in the end, in a representative Republic we elect people to make these decisions for us. I don't want all of the citizens to vote on these decisions, which is why I'm not a big fan of referendums.