Posted Aug 23, 2019, 5:09 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I'm not sure what's being asked. Nothing prohibits buildings east of Lake Shore Drive; it's just that the Plan Commission has to approve. So they get out the big blue rubber stamp for "Lakefront Protection Ordinance Considered" at the same time they use the red rubber stamp meaning "Mayor's Office Told Us to Vote Yes."
Now a more interesting question is whether a hotel is a valid use for Public Trust land. Exhibitions and fairs were ruled to be a valid use in the 1958 decision permitting McCormick Place. Is a hotel merely an extension of that? Alas, no one filed a lawsuit to find out.
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