Architecture Critic Says Tear Down McCormick Place East For Lucas Museum
By Morning Shift
Architecture Critic Says Tear Down McCormick Place East For Lucas Museum
By Morning Shift
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed a new site for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: The Lakeside Center of the McCormick Place Convention Center, which he’d like to demolish to make room for the museum.
Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin, someone who doesn’t always agree with the Mayor, thinks it’s the right choice.
We walk through the mayor’s new plan with Kamin and raises some of the concerns from members of the business community who think the plan is a bad idea.