Ben Joravsky might have been a bit more inquisitive about the issues at stake in the South Loop rather than simply transcribing the complaints of next-door neighbors and the developer’s defense [The Works, September 30]. For one thing, the Near South Community Plan says nothing about a park on the northwest corner of Polk and Clark; it makes vague mention of the possibility on undeveloped land at Taylor and Clark. Besides, two parks already exist within 400 feet of the Terrapin site, and a new 3.5-acre park a block to the south is required to be dedicated to the city when the surrounding land is developed. Joravsky’s claim that the plan “doesn’t call for new parking spaces” is curious, since the introduction (p. vii) says that “developers of new buildings should be required to provide new onsite parking.”
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