Comments on: Daley vs. Reilly on Children’s Museum

By: 10 More Things Brendan Reilly Should Stick in a Cave | CHICAGO CARLESS

10 More Things Brendan Reilly Should Stick in a Cave | CHICAGO CARLESS — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:43:26 +0000

[...] Children’s Museum’s proposed move from Navy Pier to Grant Park–especially after publicly calling out Mayor Daley on the issue–the last thing I expected was for him to agree with a reporter’s [...]

By: CHICAGO CARLESS

CHICAGO CARLESS — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:49:29 +0000

Brendan Reilly Calls for More Cars on Streeterville Streets

(Photo: You’re kidding, right? Brendan Reilly favors cars over transit in downtown Chicago.) I am strongly rethinking my support for Brendan Reilly, the allegedly progressive Democrat who earlier this year won Chicago’s 42nd Ward from longtime alderma…

By: Mike Doyle

Mike Doyle — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:35:49 +0000

Bryan, as widely reported in the media (see most recently the Chicago Tribune coverage of September 22), several high-profile individuals have attested to overt racism at meetings with NEAR, not the least of whom being CTA chair Carole Brown. So calling the mayor a liar in this regard ignores the facts. Cheryl and Yellow Dog: As for Grant Park being "expanded" with the creation of Millennium Park, "A View on Cities" is mistaken. According to the Chicago History Museum's Encyclopedia of Chicago History, the original 1835 borders of Grant Park extended north and west to the intersection of Randolph Street and Michigan Avenue. The museum's information page specifically notes that the railroad tracks that now sit beneath Millennium Park originally ran (emphasis mine) through the park. Cheryl, I don't know anyone who could imagine Grant Park without the Art Institute exactly where it is. Regarding being "forced to walk through the gift shop" of the Chicago Children's Museum to enter and leave, I spent two-and-a-half hours at the museum yesterday interviewing museum staff for an upcoming post. Neither entering nor leaving the museum by the main entrance did I need to walk through the gift shop, so I don't know what you're referring to. Vivienne, I couldn't agree with you more. But I also think that the entire "open, clear, and free" argument from the NEAR group is also a red herring. I think the crux of their opposition is, simply, economic elitism (as I blogged about on ).

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:28:17 +0000

Is this author crazy? there were never any racial overtones at any of the meetings. This is about money. Daley is the Pritzker’s puppy dog. And now he has proven to the whole city that he is a LIAR!

By: Yellow Dog Democrat

Yellow Dog Democrat — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:34:36 +0000

Mike, as a resident of the 42nd Ward, you should know that Millennium Park is not part of the original Grant Park: "In 2001, Grant park was expanded to the north with the addition of the 93,000 sq m Millennium Park. The park, bordered by East Monroe Drive, North Michigan Avenue, East Randolph street and North Columbus Drive replaces a desolate rail yard..."

By: CHICAGO CARLESS

CHICAGO CARLESS — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:11:55 +0000

Chicago’s Most Important Open-Space Issue in 20 Years

(Photo: Would you bring your children here…and would they be welcome? Credit: sscornelius.) Such is how a high-ranking executive (choosing to remain anonymous) at one of Chicago’s most prominent greening organizations labeled the ongoing citywide ar…

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:01:55 +0000

I am absolutely furious at the Mayor for basically calling me a racist because I don’t want any more buildings in places they don’t belong. The Art Institute shouldn’t be there and this thing shouldn’t go in either. Just because Ritchie wants to put his damn casino on Northerly Island doesn’t mean he get to mess up Chicago’s front yard.

I don’t live anywhere near Grant Park, but that part of the park is a quiet oasis downtown that we (not just nearby residents) need.

BTW, Milly Park is not built on Grant Park land. It’s built over what used to be an open air rail yard.

And one other thing–in the Navy Pier museum, you are forced to walk through the gift shop full of overpriced geegaws to get into and leave the museum proper. I don’t see that changing.