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Old Posted Oct 20, 2021, 3:29 PM
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This is such Monorail thumping bullshit, I cant believe anyone has given it a second thought. The only potential this could possibly have is as a Casino. And I am an advocate of reusing the Lakeside Center for a city casino. And any amount of City investment is an absolute NoGo for me. Since the LS center could be converted for much cheaper and would not require one dime of city money- in fact the LS center could be generating revenue within 6 months of its selection as the city casino.

Furthermore the inclusion of a high volume transit center is more baffling since Metra has no interest in diverting trains there, Amtrak has no interest in same. The CTA could produce a local citizen benefit with an extension but once again their resources for new builds is much better spent on a new Halsted or Ashland subway not supporting the bottom line of a single developer on what amounts to a casino project.
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