October 6, 1977 – Four city groups – the
Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council, Friends of the Parks, the Open Lands
Project, and the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects – come
together to propose a large park, featuring a 10,000-seat outdoor music venue,
to be located in a new 20-acre park east of Michigan Avenue between Randolph
and Monroe Streets. Part of the park, it
is anticipated, will be built over the Illinois Central commuter tracks with
another section over the extension of Columbus Drive under construction at the
time. The proposal for this “Lakefront
Gardens for the Performing Arts” contradicts a proposal that the Chicago Park
District has made for a new performance space in Butler Field to replace the
existing Petrillo band shell. The photo above shows Grant Park in 1979 close to where Jaume Plenza's Crown Fountain stands today.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
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