Olympian Struggle
More political intrigue over public space in Chicago: as part of the city's Olympic bid for 2016, Mayor Daley wants to put a temporary 20,000 seat field-hockey arena in Olmsted designed Jackson Park. Why there?
[T]he best way to win the nod from the International Olympic Committee over competing cities like Rio de Janeiro and Madrid was to keep all the venues relatively close together and put them on public land so the city wouldn’t have to deal with the headache of taking over property through eminent domain. Realizing that there would be holy hell to pay if he tried to plow over Grant Park or Lincoln Park, Daley earmarked the south side, dressing it up as a gift to the community.
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