issues

Friends of Downtown opposes, as a matter of principle, relocation of the Chicago Children's Museum into Grant Park, land set aside by Chicago's founders as a park that is forever free, open and clear of any buildings whatever. See the PDFs for our position statement, click here for a history of our involvement.

A February 2007 Brown Bag Luncheon discussed the Central Area Action Plan, an ongoing effort to update priorities and projects in the 2002 Central Area Plan. See the presentation slides here in the PDF.

Friends of Downtown held a forum on October 10, 2006, to look at the changing uses and streetscape of Wabash Avenue between the Chicago River and Roosevelt Road. See the two handouts as PDF.

In June 2003, Friends of Downtown held a charrette to spur ideas about how to improve Congress Parkway. The report of that workshop is available as a (rather large) PDF.