If this latest report centering on the Lucas Museum’s continued struggle to nail down Chicago as it’s construction location is in fact true, the chances of Chicago landing the museum will appear to be back on track. After word came down last month that San Francisco and Los Angeles were being considered as possible destinations for the Lucas Museum if a deal with Chicago could not be reached, the Chicago Sun Times provides us with the following update.
In what was described as a stunning turnabout Wednesday, the Friends of the Parks’ executive board voted to restart negotiations with the city to “move forward with the Lucas Museum,” according to a highly placed source.
Sneed is told the board asked FOP director Lauren Moltz to move forward on a three-pronged plan which could include dropping the FOP’s lawsuit against the city in their lakefront museum campus battle and proceeding with repurposing the old Lakeside Center building at McCormick Place as the new location of movie mogul George Lucas’ interactive museum.
It would also include a firm commitment by the city to “reaffirm its desire to uphold it’s Lakeside Protection ordinance,” the source said.
Thanks to our own Marc Zachacki for the retweet alerting us to this news.
