Maybe it’s true that if you build it, they’ll let you stay…
A Chicago Journal article this week reports that the Illinois Medical District wants a Little League baseball field in the Near West Side to clear its land so that they can build a new biotech building. Near West Little League officials always knew they could only use the park temporarily, but the league has used the park for 13 years and, officials say, it’s become a “safe haven” for the neighborhood.
A September 25 letter from the Illinois Medical District to the league and the Chicago Park District demanded that the league clear the park by this week. But Mayor Daley and local alderman have expressed their support for the park.
