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3/30/2008: Five years after the destruction
of Meigs Field
Driving Away
Business--Five Years Later
 Since
first closing Meigs Field, Chicago has lost over half of its market
share of general and corporate aviation in the U.S.
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3/30/2008: Fifth Anniversary of the Meigs
Midnight Massacre
"Meigs Field: Still the
only U.S. infrastructure destroyed by terrorism since 9/11/2001."
On March 30, 2008 Chicago mourns the
5th anniversary of the midnight destruction of Meigs Field.
Read the column "Reflections
on a Dark Night in Chicago", by Steve Whitney, president of the
Friends of Meigs Field |
 Video:
Watch the 1996 video,
"Mission Possible:
Save Meigs Field"
This video was partly responsible
for reopening Meigs after its first closure on 9/30/1996. |
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Parks and Planes: An award-winning proposal by the
Friends of Meigs Field to rebuild Meigs Field as a combination
park/airport:
The Chicago Park District has
asked for public input on the design for a park at Meigs Field's site.
This proposal is in response to that request. The plan is a framework plan
that includes features like:
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A combination of new
lakefront parkland and an operating airport.
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What is believed to be more
new open space than any new park that has been added to the lakefront in
over 50 years.
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Exciting elements like a
meadow, a lookout point, nature walks, harborside promenade, picnic areas,
fishing stations, an artificial scuba reef.
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A new Chicago Air Museum
dedicated to the education of Chicago children.
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Exciting activities and
events unavailable at any other park in Chicago.
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Preservation and improvement
of all of the benefits of an operating airport.
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Generation of millions of
dollars in new revenues for the Chicago Park District to use in improving
parks across the city.
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All at NO COST TO CHICAGO
TAXPAYERS.
To learn more about the plan, sign an online petition, or offer your
support,
click here.
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Then speak up. The
opportunity is too good to waste.
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