Friends of Parks

Residents joined Ald. Michele Smith in pushing the city to require more parks in the area.

A city plan for the future of the area doesn't include enough parks and green space, they said.

Pick up your local playlot or drop off old bills and electronics to celebrate Earth Day Saturday.

The group generated controversy when its lawsuit helped put an end to the Lucas Museum on the lakefront.

Is the Obama library the next target of the parks watchdog group's efforts?

The mayor dismissed Friends of the Parks concerns that Lucas Museum negotiations would end Tuesday.

Gino Generelli claimed to have 2,500 signatures, more than a anti-museum petition being circulated.

Rev. Leon Finney led the protest by the Coalition 2 Build the Lucas Museum.

"I will make sure Chicago is on the winning side, not the losing side," said Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Besides, Helmut Jahn said, when the rich spend big money on a memorial, "they don't want to share."

Mayor Rahm Emanuel considers it a solution to a lawsuit, but it faces other opposition.

Friends of the Parks' Juanita Irizarry took issue with "the city's basic lack of transparency."

New signs Wednesday are pointing toward a trial in the Lucas Museum legal dispute. 

"We hope the mayor reconsiders and does the right thing," said Friends of the Parks' Tom Geoghegan.

The playlot features the Blackhawks' Indian head logo and depictions of hockey players in motion.