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Originally Posted by wierdaaron
Yeah I'm really excited by the push for parks and public space. I suspect it's all Rahm's doing, since Daley didn't seem too interested in parks except for MP.
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I'd encourage you to rethink that assessment. Many hundreds of acres of open space, including enormous tracts surrounding Lake Calumet and at South Works, were set aside during the Daley years. Dozens of schoolgrounds around the city were expanded into neighborhood parks, and new parks like Ward, Palmisano, Senka, Ping Tom Memorial, Battle of Ft. Dearborn, Bartelme, and Daley were created in former industrial areas. Nearly everything on
Kngkyle's list began in the Daley years.
On the other hand, as soon as Emanuel is in office, he gives the park at the Roosevelt Collection back to developers, takes parkland for the Obama magnet high school, and offers lakefront parkland to the Lucas Museum.