Alright, I've changed my mind. I don't go to Jackson Park very often, I didn't realize there was that large Cornell Dr. that goes through the park, and that there are so many roads going through the park. Wow! As well as an expressway, Lake Shore Dr. being next to the park. I've always driven down Stony Island, I didn't even realize there was another busy street a block over. That makes no sense. I guess just eliminating all those roads through the park alone is worth doing, and since it's a benefit for everyone who uses the park I guess it's alright to have the city pay for it. It would be nice if the Obama foundation payed for it, but not a deal breaker.
This is part of a larger issue, with having so many roads going through Grant Park, Humbolt Park, Washington Park, Garfield Park, Douglas Park ect. This is a fault of all large parks in Chicago, with so many busy roads cutting though the parks that the Parks district and the city should fix. I would rather had Friends of the Park work on a large campaign to address this issue, to actually benefit the parks for people, pedestrian, safety/comfort, and improve them. Rather than chasing away the Lucas Museum.
I think Obama is a great guy, I"m not against him, I'm all for him building a library/research center. I think ideally it would have been better in some underdeveloped vacant land on the southside. I think Presidential libraries are rather boring in general, and I might visit it once and then forget about it.
I'm just still mad that they chased the Lucas Museum out of town, as being a art museum it's something I would have been much more interested in visiting, and it would have gotten rid of a parking lot and added park land to the lakefront. But of course, we've all discussed this before.
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Originally Posted by cityofneighborhoods
It's hard to wrap my mind around how park groups can be opposed to cutting off Cornell Dr, a 60s affront to their supposedly beloved Olmsted design. Chicago has so few park spaces like in Prospect Park, Central Park, Golden Gate Park, etc. where you don't have to see cars whirling by while in the park.
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