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Originally Posted by nomarandlee
In the Sun-Times article, there is mention of bringing gondolas back to make a connection from downtown to the campus. While gimmicky I'm starting to like this idea. As serene and appealing as the campus it is too far removed from downtown for many folks. Even if you had express direct from downtown to the campus I feel the service is lost on tourists and even the downtown set. Spruced-up gondolas can be made to feel more like exclusive VIP cars with views that get to the campus in 10 minutes.
In retrospect, the museums should have been lined along Michigan Avenue and over the IC tracks. A museum row like the AI so downtowners could just stroll across the street after work and get there easily via PT. With Grant Park on their east front, the vistas of the Museums would have still been spectacular. That ship has long passed......
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2...seum-campus-bears-arlington-heights-move
An Excel spreadsheet shared with the Sun-Times and considered by the working group has plenty of other ideas:
• Aerial gondolas and/or a monorail using clean energy.
• Transforming Solidarity Drive into a pedestrian plaza.
The Disney hotel and turning Burnham harbor into parking are insane however. I don't know of those suggestions are just low-grade trolling or what. |
The Sun-Times list is mostly from the brainstorming ideas. (And brainstorming always includes the outlandish stuff)
The actual report is quite realistic. (So free museum campus shuttles instead of gondolas)
https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/sites/museum-campus/pdfs/Museum-Campus-Report.pdf