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Originally Posted by Via Chicago
im not cheering. but lucas and rahm could have approached this so differently than they did. had they engaged the community earlier, been more open and transparent about the decision making process, and been more flexible around site location, this wouldnt have happened.
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I'm not sure what you mean, considering most of the community and city was completely fine with having the museum. You would know this if you had bothered to follow the news from the beginning.
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it was apparent this location would be challenged from day 1. they plowed ahead anyway, and then didnt even bother to let it play out in court.
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FOTP did not have to bring about a lawsuit. This could have slid through. All bodies of government that needed to pass this to happen did so - all the way up to the Governor. FOTP was arguing based off of something that many people believe the city could have won - but FOTP still had enough of a claim to let the lawsuit continue.
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but i just never got the impression he thought of the city as anything other than something that should bend to his will. is he the type of guy you would ever see around town? engaging people in his idea? outside of cloistered City Club esque lunches for the elite, never. hes a reclusive individual who is used to getting his way, and that dosent help when youre pitching an idea that is supposed to engage and benefit the community.
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Who cares if he's reclusive? It's his life - not yours. It is not your job to judge someone because they don't like being in the spotlight. That is the lamest excuse ever for giving someone shit. "Oh he's reclusive." WHO GIVES A FLYING FUCK? You aren't him and he isn't you. Let people live their lives instead of judging them, just like your paragraph above says. I guess you only believe in what you said when you are essentially the one being attacked.
The guy has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to charity - including $25M to Chicago's After School Matters program and another $25M to the University of Chicago. He also has stated that he and Hobson will continue to reside in Chicago and donate money to charity in Chicago in their statement about the museum leaving. If he didn't care about the city, do you think he would have given $50M away to two organizations and vow to give more away in the future? The guy is also part of the Giving Pledge, and has pledged to give away at least half of his fortune to charity/philanthropic matters.
I truly don't think you read enough about why he wanted it in Museum Campus. One of the major reasons he wanted it there was because it was close to the other highly rated museums, and is a museum community. He spoke time and time again about how he wanted his museum to be near other museums so a family or individual could spend an entire day not only at his museum, but at the other ones and in the park. There were other sites offered up, but ultimately both sides agreed that the parking lot at Museum Campus near all the other museums would be the best spot for it.