To the Editor: Since the Chicago Plan Commission and City Council, as expected, rubber-stamped the proposals for the Obama Presidential Center and related road changes, Jackson Park Watch has been assessing both the federal reviews of these proposals and the way the City is conducting them. Signs are that the City is continuing its no-holds-barred […]
To the Editor: I read Jack Spicer’s letter chiding the Herald for its bias toward the Obama Presidential Center with amusement. By his reckoning, it would seem one extensive front page article on the legal viability of the Protect Our Parks lawsuit is sufficient to wipe out a two year history of Herald articles, editorials, […]
To the Editor: Last week I sent a letter to the Herald thanking lots and lots of people for donating to the Willie Pickens Mural Project. In less than a week we collected more than $6,000. That will cover the first stage of the project, the painting of a mural depicting Willie on the wall […]
To the Editor: We write in support of the letter by the co-chairs of Save the Midway that appeared in last week’s Herald, and would like to offer one correction. They called attention to the long-lasting deleterious effect of the proposed Obama Presidential Center (OPC) on the natural environment of Jackson Park and its communities […]
To the Editor: Good Morning, everyone, We did it! In less than a week, we raised $6,000 to honor Willie Pickens with a mural at Ray School across from the Pickens’ home. It was a short and beautiful drive, and it goes to show the love and respect people from everywhere feel for Willie. www.letsrememberwillie.com […]
To the Editor: Regardless of the Herald’s position on the Obama Presidential Center (OPC) locating itself in Jackson Park, last week’s Herald opinion piece masquerading as a front-page news item should make you squirm. You could have reported a selection of views on the ProtectOurParks lawsuit from various qualified lawyers. You could have explored the […]
To the Editor: Thank You JPAC members, community members, parents and children for helping us repair Dickerson Play Lot in Jackson Park. Thank you, Spencer Bibbs for recording our workday and live streaming it. Thank you my role models, Fran Vandervoort and Gary Ossewaarde for showing our young parents the skills for chipping their kids […]
To the Editor: I write in response to the curious July 4 staff article reciting the opinions of a Northwestern Law School Professor criticizing the merits of the lawsuit my organization Protect Our Parks has filed against the Park District and City of Chicago, which alleges the illegality of transferring dedicated public park land in […]
To the Editor: In the midst of the national outcry against the Trump administration’s unconscionable separation of children from their parents as they attempt to come to the United States – often escaping political and economic persecution – a small group of Hyde Park and Woodlawn residents met last week at B’Gabs Goodies, 1450 E. […]
To the Editor, Charlotte Adelman wrote a letter explaining the importance of the lawsuit being filed against the City of Chicago in last week’s Hyde Park Herald. She goes into detail to explain the position of the Plaintiffs: rather than being a frivolous lawsuit filed by tree-huggers from distant neighborhoods, as the suit is labeled […]