Not that it would be much more help of a help to the local economy than a new Walmart. This private museum would not be free to the public or school kids and the other museums built in the parks were built before the laws were established mandating that the lakefront of Chicago be free and clear of private commercial development. The existing museums in the museum campus are mandated to be free to Illinois residents for a month each year and one day each week, I don't think the Lucas Museum will ever have free admission. If we allow George Lucas to build his museum on the lakefront what will stop a dozen others from doing the same. Should we welcome the Koch brothers museum next? This sets a bad precedent for Chicago in two ways. one it opens up the lakefront to more buildings that are not free and open to the public, two it further concentrates all of the development and cultural amenities along the lakefront in an area not easily reached by the majority of Chicago's economically marginalized people.
Friends of the Parks has routinely fought to have equitable investment in all of the cities neighborhoods not just the South Loop and Lincoln Park neighborhoods. If George can't stand to have his museum a block from the water then he can take his museum to some other city that will more willingly give up their best parcels of land for his monument to his own greatness.
So California will get this and all of the hidden expenses and bad deals, and I bet it will look almost exactly the same as the one proposed for Chicago.
Over and OUT
Peter N
Jun 30, 16 6:42 pm ·
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Not that it would be much more help of a help to the local economy than a new Walmart. This private museum would not be free to the public or school kids and the other museums built in the parks were built before the laws were established mandating that the lakefront of Chicago be free and clear of private commercial development. The existing museums in the museum campus are mandated to be free to Illinois residents for a month each year and one day each week, I don't think the Lucas Museum will ever have free admission. If we allow George Lucas to build his museum on the lakefront what will stop a dozen others from doing the same. Should we welcome the Koch brothers museum next? This sets a bad precedent for Chicago in two ways. one it opens up the lakefront to more buildings that are not free and open to the public, two it further concentrates all of the development and cultural amenities along the lakefront in an area not easily reached by the majority of Chicago's economically marginalized people.
Friends of the Parks has routinely fought to have equitable investment in all of the cities neighborhoods not just the South Loop and Lincoln Park neighborhoods. If George can't stand to have his museum a block from the water then he can take his museum to some other city that will more willingly give up their best parcels of land for his monument to his own greatness.
So California will get this and all of the hidden expenses and bad deals, and I bet it will look almost exactly the same as the one proposed for Chicago.
Over and OUT
Peter N
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