Friends of Parks

Attorney Tom Geoghegan said the key to the case is the benefit to be gained by George Lucas.

Eli’s Cheesecake will offer a dessert buffet to reward volunteers for hard work, organizers said.

Friends of the Parks said it "wholeheartedly supports" the $24 million project.

The new designs came after original renderings last year were panned. 

Friends of the Parks asked the Obama Foundation to reconsider using Chicago Park District property.

Cassandra Francis said, however, she will remain close to the cause of protecting Chicago parks. 

But a City Council joint committee tussled over whether the library should go on the South or West Side.

The Plan Commission affirmed a land swap for President Barack Obama's proposed library.

The Park District's Board of Commissioners takes up the issue at Wednesday's meeting.

Parks groups are anticipating copious state reviews if Obama chooses a South Side park for his library.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel submitted the proposal at Wednesday's City Council meeting.

If a lawsuit halts George Lucas' plans to put his museum in Chicago, it could end up elsewhere, he said.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel spoke at Kenwood Academy, close to the Washington Park site proposed for the library.

Murders declined to a 50-year low, while Mayor Rahm Emanuel plunged into the Polar Vortex.

Attorney Tom Geoghegan  said the group will file the suit Thursday before a news conference at City Hall.