Chicago Childrens Museum ok to move

from today's Chicago Tribune (5/16):

Museum clears 1st hurdle on move into Grant Park
13-2 vote sends Daley-backed proposal on to City Council
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah and Hal Dardick
May 16, 2008

"After nearly nine hours of emotional debate that stretched well into Thursday evening, the city Plan Commission overwhelmingly endorsed moving the Chicago Children's Museum to Grant Park.

Preservationists argued that allowing a $100 million museum violates long-standing legal precedent barring buildings in the park, but plan commissioners bypassed that issue, saying their decision was based on whether the proposal met zoning and lakefront protection requirements." ...

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from today's Crain's Chicago Business (5/16):

Plan Commission OKs Children’s Museum move
By Lorene Yue
May 16, 2008

"(Crain’s) — Chicago’s Plan Commission on Thursday greenlighted a controversial proposal to relocate the Chicago Children’s Museum to Grant Park, a move that opponents fear will allow further private development on public land.

After about 9 hours of testimony and debate, at about 10:45 p.m., commission members voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal to build a 100,000-square-foot, two-story structure below ground in the north end of Grant Park." ...

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