Landgrab In Lincoln Park Over Old Children's Hospital Site

Battle Over The Future Of Old Children's Hospital Site
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A patented Lincoln Park community brawl has broken out over already hobbled plans to redevelop the site of the former Children's Memorial Hospital campus

At issue are hopes by some to get developer Daniel McCaffery to "donate" a former nurse-training facility on the campus for an expansion of the nearby overcrowded Lincoln public elementary school, and whether he should get a height and/or density break in return.

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