From: Bill Lucy 

Out of darkness, Geo. says...
> I can't believe they want to put a park there, what a stupid idea, nobody
> lives there.

In the original Chicago plan, Daniel Burnham wanted 5 small island parks built on
the lake. The only one that was built was this one, called Northerly Island. The
island becamed landed after the 1933 Chicago Fair. Later, a newspaper publisher,
Merrill Meigs decided an airport should be built there.

And not living there is not a hinderance. In that vicinity is the Field Museum of
Natural History, the John G. Shedd Aquarium, the Adler Planetarium, Soldier Field,
and Grant Park. Believe me, there are people there *all* the time.



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