News stories
COVERAGE OF OUR CHALLENGE TO THE ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION IN LINCOLN PARK
- Chicago Journal – Park district to reimburse $2 million to Latin School
- WBBM Newsradio – It’s Not Over Yet (WAV file)
- Chicago Reader – Heads We Lose, Tails We Lose [tax payers pay for city arrogance]
- Chicago Tribune – Mayor defends soccer field, children’s museum on park land
- Skyline – Amazing victory for Lincoln Park activists
- Crain’s – Judge raps Park District over Latin field
- Chicago Tribune – Judge won’t halt Lincoln Park soccer field
- Reader – Latin School soccer field isn’t the only one Stop that bulldozer -
Worse Than We Thought - Skyline – Latin School soccer field enters litigation
EARLIER NEWS STORIES
- Land-grab in Lincoln Park? – In-depth coverage of the Committee’s work and the entire story to date. (large file, 6.8 MB, PDF format)
- Park District Superintendent’s View is Distorted – We answer Mr. Mitchell in detail.
- Skyline Coverage of Park District is Distorted – Letter from Superintendent Tim Mitchell.
- We brought 50 people to the March 12 meeting of the Park District Commissioners. Read the story, “Squabble over soccer field clouds truth, transparency in Park District Dealings.
- Residents Confront Park District Board – from Skyline.
- Watch the segment from Fox News Chicago on our packed house community meeting!
- Read the story in The Chicago Journal – Latin School Field Headed To Court
- Read the story in The Chicago Tribune on our community meeting.
- Read the story in Chi-Town Daily News
- Letter to the editor by Committee member Herb Capan in the Chicago Journal
- Timothy Williams, Deal over Randall’s Island (NY) sports field is voided. New York Times, Feb. 1, 2008.
- Can Latin School’s Soccer Field Still Be Bounced?
- Felicia Dechter, Plea to halt Latin work falls on deaf ears. Skyline, Jan. 25, 2008 (original link).
- Jeff Borgardt, School soccer field lawsuit big possibility. Inside, Jan. 9-15, 2008, p. 1.
- Latin’s controversial athletic field. Inside, Dec. 26, 2007-Jan. 1, 2008, p. 9.
- Felicia Dechter, New group moves forward against Latin soccer field. Skyline, Dec. 7, 2007, p. 3
- Felicia Dechter, Latin field moves forward. Skyline, Nov. 9, 2007, p. 1, 7
- Greg Hinz, Latin School offers compromise on controversial field. Crain’s, Oct. 26, 2007
- September 21, 2007 Skyline
- Ben Joravsky, A Not-So-Level Playing Field. Chicago Reader, Sept. 7, 2007
- Greg Hinz, Latin hints it may compromise on Lincoln Park field. Crain’s, Aug. 24, 2007.
- Ben Joravsky, Soccer for Some. Chicago Reader, July 20, 2007.
- Greg Hinz, Latin lessons. Crain’s, May 28, 2007.
—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— - The folks at Save Grant Park are protesting the proposed construction of the Children’s Museum in Grant Park. Read the March 19 Sun-Times story.
- Kid Museum Sights Still Set on Grant Park – Chicago Tribune
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How soon will you update your blog? I’m interested in reading some more information on this issue.