Lucas Museum

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

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

The passes cover games through December, indicating that construction is unlikely to start this year.

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

Lucas has discussed plans with San Francisco mayor Ed Lee, the  San Francisco Chronicle  reported.

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

"Their abrupt and complete change of position has proven that they cannot be trusted," Emanuel said. 

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

Rahm Emanuel touted the new plan as a "win, win, win," but McPier would have to float bonds.

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."

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

Friends of Parks group applauds Ald. Ameya Pawar for no vote; says real fight will come in court.

The Plan Commission approved placing the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on the lakefront.

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