GRANT PARK REDEVELOPMENT

WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE DONE TO GRANT PARK? I LOVE THE IDEA OF COVERING A MAJORITY OF THE TRACKS As Crain's goes to press . . . Late headlines from the Monday, Dec. 19 issue Activist to city: Redo SW tip of Grant Park A 15-acre eyesore forming the southwest corner of Grant Park would become parkland at a cost of up to $40 million under a plan that would tap tax-increment financing (TIF) money. The parcel north of Roosevelt Road and east of Michigan Avenue is part of the Near South TIF, says Bob O'Neill, head of the Grant Park Advisory Council, who has lobbied Park District CEO Tim Mitchell and plans to meet with Planning Department chief Lori Healy. Much of the expense would involve decking over railroad tracks. [Steven R. Strahler]>