Over the past few months, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, has been caught in the crossfire between two groups who have very different opinions on the future home of the George Lucas Narrative Art Museum. The site in question is a 1,500-space parking lot situated north of the McCormick Place?s Lakeside Center and just south of Soldier Field. The commission for the museum was won in July of 2014 by MAD Architects. Their design proposes a large, white, sculptural ?mountain? which rises up from the site and is topped by a ?metallic crown?.

Courtesy of Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts

Over the past few months, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, has been caught in the crossfire between two groups who have very different opinions on the future home of the George Lucas Narrative Art Museum. The site in question is a 1,500-space parking lot situated north of the McCormick Place?s Lakeside Center and just south of Soldier Field. The commission for the museum was won in July of 2014 by MAD Architects. Their design proposes a large, white, sculptural ?mountain? which rises up from the site and is topped by a ?metallic crown?.
Courtesy of Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts

According to the Chicago Tribune, last week, city lawyers who support the museum asked a federal judge to lift a sanction that would prevent Emanuel from quickly demolishing the parking lot, stating that the site currently is ?an asset of no civic value.? Chicago residents in support of the museum be...