Don’t Be Fooled
Should remaining private lakefront parcels be preserved as public open space? Or should they be developed?
Emanuel Congregation has fewer than 150 families remaining.
They want to trade in their non-profit status and re-zone their lot so a private, for-profit developer can build a smaller synagogue alongside a 23-story multiplex for itself with the remaining land.
Know your local history: the 10th Policy of 1972’s Chicago Lakefront Protection Plan exists to “ensure a harmonious relationship between the lakeshore parks and the community edge, but in no instance will further private development be permitted east of Lake Shore Drive.”
Instead, the City of Chicago should purchase the land while continuing to give Emanuel Congregation its necessary smaller home on the lot.
The Chicago Lakefront Protection Ordinance of 1973 is meant "to insure that the lakefront parks and the lake itself are devoted only to public purposes and to insure the integrity of and expand the quantity and quality of the lakefront parks."
Let’s make this land work for the BENEFIT of ALL.
For the BENEFIT of ALL
Chicago’s Lakefront Protection Ordinance of 1973
prohibits new construction of buildings “east of Lakeshore Drive”.
The City Should Be Allowed to Purchase the Property at Fair Market Value
Using this land
FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL
Affordable Housing is a False Argument
1) Emmanuel Congregation trades in its religious non-profit status in exchange for new zoning
2) For-Profit Private Developer gives them a tiny footprint and makes $$$
Emanuel’s Congregation
has been SHRINKING for DECADES
so they want to trade their
NON-PROFIT STATUS
to a
FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE DEVELOPER
to erect
a TWENTY-THREE STORY multiplex
Calling it “affordable housing”?
$$$ Sneaky sneaky! $$$
the Chicago Lakefront Protection Ordinance of 1973
PROHIBITS
private development east of Lakeshore Drive.
The City of Chicago should be allowed
To Purchase the Land at Fair Market Value
FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL
(example: Berger Park)
CONTACT YOUR ALDERPERSON
LENI MANAA-HOPPENWORTH (48th Ward)