tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5271409126833086486.post2441675774623744531..comments2024-02-10T08:50:46.342-06:00Comments on In and About the City: Washington ParkJames Iskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06219990004487304003noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5271409126833086486.post-27663763650559435412015-03-02T08:00:58.773-06:002015-03-02T08:00:58.773-06:00The city could avoid sacrificing public park land ...The city could avoid sacrificing public park land and build the library on centrally located, highly accessible land it already owns - the old Michael Reese Hospital property on the Near South Side. (The city could even gift the land to UC if the school is really hellbent on hosting the library.) True, the area isn't exactly blighted and in desperate need of an economic boost, but I highly doubt that a presidential library would give much of an economic boost to Washington Park or anywhere else anyway. Daley made a foolish land grab of the Reese property for his failed Olympics bid, and putting the Obama library there would make the best of an otherwise bad situation.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107273328729752475noreply@blogger.com