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Parks advocates on Wednesday tried to throw more blocks in the way of the Chicago Bears’ stalled drive for a new stadium on the lakefront.
Leaders from Friends of the Parks, Landmarks Illinois and People for Community Recovery voiced their opposition outside Soldier Field, arguing the plan would intensify an existing gap in development throughout the city and use public money in a way opposed by many taxpayers.
“Ensuring Chicago’s lakefront remains forever open, clear and free is not the responsibility of one but the work of many,” Friends of the Parks interim executive director said Gin Kilgore, interim executive director of the influential Friends of the Parks.