Posted on 10/20/2017 8:12:09 AM PDT by PBRCat
Park advisory councils on the South Side released statements Thursday to air their concerns about the Obama Presidential Center coming to Jackson Park, joining an outpouring of community calls for transparency and collaboration as the Obama Foundation begins to finalize plans.
The Midway Plaisance Advisory Council met Wednesday night to draft a resolution that strongly opposed the seizure of the land for a two story parking garage and bus staging area. They also asked for no action on the land without a renewed framework for the land by the Chicago Park District; and the consideration of all communities, and people who use the land.
“Everyone thinks [the center] is great and we believe in its mission – this resolution isn’t anti-center,” Nichols said. “Our concern is preserving the Midway as park land and ensuring it remains free for all.”
Franklin said the closure of streets, the expansion of the golf course and the reduction of parking pale in comparison to what she fears the center’s footprint will do to Jackson Park – a “jewel along the lakefront.” The area doesn’t need “revitalizing,” she said.
“The parks aren’t vacant land waiting to be redeveloped,” Franklin said.
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Somehow I suspect this won’t be nearly the controversy that it would be if it were the Trump library!
If the plan is to appropriate this land and screw it all up with Obamanoid contamination, it speaks volumes about his priorities that even the most diehard black Chicagoan couldn’t miss.
“joining an outpouring of community calls for transparency”
For the Chicago impaired this means “where’s my piece?”
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