Park Pals to Lucas Lovers: Pants On Fire!
The latest salvo in the ongoing legal battle over the placement of the proposed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has community group Friends of the Parks virtually daring Hollywood director George Lucas and his outspoken wife Mellody Hobson to move the institution to another city. In a 30 page court filing, FotP publicly doubts that the Lucas couple are so fed up with legal delays that they’re ready to ditch the Windy City in favor...
Chicago Luminaries Publicly Support Lucas Museum… Now That it’s Gone
As George Lucas, his museum, and a $700 million investment in the city of Chicago slip into the distance, two groups of prominent Chicagoans are publicly voicing support for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Where were they six months ago? In separate letters to the editor of the city’s largest newspaper, the heads of ten top Chicago museums, and the board of the Chicago Architecture Foundation all pledged their public support...
The City Strikes Back: Rahm Asks Feds to Blast Lakefront Endor Dream, Save Lucas Museum
From a legal perspective, it’s like watching a space battle scene from Star Wars. In reality, it’s a paperwork fight between the City of Chicago and Friends of the Parks. The latest salvo comes from the city, which this morning asked a federal appeals court not only to take over the lawsuit filed by Friends of the Parks to keep the proposed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art out of a Soldier Field parking lot, but to also...
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