Friends of the Parks’ Newsletters
Obama Presidential Center & Jackson Park
Friends of the Parks’ Press Releases:
- Press Release: Friends of the Parks Statement Upon the Passage by City Council of the Obama Presidential Center Ordinance, October 31, 2018
- Press Release: Statement on behalf of FOTP on OPC Court Case, October 24, 2018
- Press Release Friends of the Parks press release OPC Midway parking garage October 2017
- Press Release: Statement of Friends of the Parks on Obama Presidential Center Model Unveiling – 5/3/2017
- Press Release: Excited for the Library to come to Chicago, but Disappointed it will be on Park Property – 5/12/2015
- Hyde Park Herald: Obama Foundation presents modified OPC design plan
- Curbed Chicago: Obama Foundation will build its own parking garage for presidential center
- DNAInfo: Obama Foundation Revises Plan, Will Build Presidential Center Garage Itself
- Hyde Park Herald: Obama Library CBA Coalition hosts Forum in South Shore
- Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Southside golf course plan full of holes
- CBS Local: Head Of Friends Of The Park Thinks Obama Library Plans Are Moving Too Quickly For Input
- Crain’s Opinion: Redefine Lake Shore Drive? Here are some questions. Big ones.
- Chicago Reader: What We Know About the Future of Jackson Park
- Chicago Sun-Times: Debate over South Shore Nature Sanctuary heats up
- Chicago Tribune: Will Tiger Woods golf course displace South Shore Nature Sanctuary?
- Hyde Park Herald: Residents show up in large number for Jackson, South Shore parks meeting
- Chicago Tribune: Obama center’s landscape architect plans playground and performance lawn
- Mike Nowak Show: The Obama Library: Baby Steps for Transparency
- DNAInfo: Public Meetings On Obama Library, South Shore Golf Course Start Wednesday
- Southside Weekly: Greener Pastures: What the history of Jackson Park tells us about its uncertain future
- Curbed Chicago: Obama Foundation: Presidential center’s economic impact could be worth billions
- Chicago Now: Obama library site still a disappointment
- Chicago Tribune: Obamas unveil design of presidential center in Chicago
- Chicago Tribune: In Jackson Park, private money begins to reshape a public jewel
- DNAInfo: Obama Library May Threaten Parks’ Historic Place Status, Activists Worry
- Arch Paper: How the Obama Library and wHY’s Plan Will Revive Chicago’s Jackson Park
- Editorial: Taking Parkland for Presidential Library is not the Only Choice – 2/12/2015
- Chicago Tribune Editorial: Obama must veto Chicago parkland for legacy library
North Branch Industrial Corridor
Media Hits:
- DNAInfo: 15-Acre Park Must Be Part Of North Branch Corridor, Petition Demands
- Our Urban Times: Is the North Branch Industrial Corridor Ordinance another done deal?: What’s the rush? What is this? Who cares?
- DNAInfo: In Rush To Help North Branch Developers, City Ignoring Community: Neighbors
- Chicago Sun-Times: Massive Chicago redevelopment plan better make room for parks
- DNAInfo: New Parks A Must For North Branch Corridor, Aldermen, Community Groups Say
Last Four Miles Initiative
Media Hits:
- Chicago Tribune Letter: We invite EPA chief to see the battles we are fighting in Chicago for environmental justice; read the full letter to Michael Regan here.
- Chicago Tribune Letter: Give Chicago’s Southeast Side community what it deserves
- DNAInfo: Lakeside Development Dead After U.S. Steel and McCaffery Interests Split – 2/29/2016
- Crain’s: South Works developers McCaffery Interests and United States Steel split up – 2/29/2016
DuSable Park
Friends of the Parks’ Press Releases:
- Press Release: On the heels of planned remediation of DuSable Park, Coalition holds celebration of Chicago’s founder, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable
- Press Release: Event to Honor Founder of Chicago – 9/2/2015
- Chicago Curbed: The long-delayed plan to rehab Chicago’s DuSable Park creeps forward: The City of Chicago has authorized a further cleanup of the lakefront peninsula’s contaminated soil
- Chicago Tribune: Park District signs contract for oft-delayed cleanup of DuSable Park on lakefront
- WTTW: Why a Historic Daniel Burnham Building Sits Empty on Chicago’s South Side – 3/7/2016
- NY Times: Tribute to Chicago Icon and Enigma – 2003
Festival Framework
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Rails to Trails
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Other Advocacy
Media Hits:
- Red Line Extension Could Run Through Parks Along Route
- Big Marsh Is a Hit With Local Cyclists, But It’s Still Challenging to Bike There
- Sun Times: South Side Residents Left Out of Park Decisions
- Hyde Park Herald: Bixler Playlot Frequenters Still Dissatisfied with Chicago Park District
- Salon: Shaping the Urban Brain: In Building Cities, Concern about Well-Being Can’t Take Backseat to Growth
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Friends of the Parks’ Press Releases:
- Press Release: Lucas Museum Departure Statement – 6/24/2016
- Press Release: Friends of the Parks Achieves Further Discovery Schedule – 2/17/2016
- Press Release: Friends of the Parks Prepares to File Statement Against City – 11/10/2015
- Press Release: Friends of the Parks Challenge of Lucas Museum Location Proceeds to Court – 3/12/2015|
