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1. Animats · 1790103219 · focus · HN ↗

   Fortunately, that thing didn't get built in the Presidio of San Francisco. That was proposed a few years ago.

   1. fullshark · 1790104832 · focus · HN ↗

      I think he wanted to have it on Treasure Island at one point also

      1. sanex · 1790105085 · focus · HN ↗

         And Chicago lake front on museum campus.

         1. assimpleaspossi · 1790106981 · focus · HN ↗

            I'm told Chicago screwed themselves on that

            1. hamdingers · 1790110647 · focus · HN ↗

               Chicagoans fought quite hard to preserve the parking lot it would have replaced. I hope they are happy with their choice.

               1. stockresearcher · 1790111769 · focus · HN ↗

                  I hope you are happy with their choice, because it would have required overturning this [1] to build. The museum lost in federal court, BTW.

                  [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Illinois_Central_Railroad_Co._v._Illinois" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Illinois_Central_Railroad_Co._...

                  Note that the museum was planned to be built on the actual land that was the subject of that Supreme Court case ;)

                  1. [deleted] · 1790113889 · focus · HN ↗

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                  2. hamdingers · 1790114618 · focus · HN ↗

                     &gt; The museum lost in federal court, BTW.

                     Nope. None of the frivolous NIMBY lawsuits ever made it to trial, nor was the museum ever a defendant in any of them (it was the city being sued for approving it). I don&#x27;t see what you gain from misrepresenting this years after the fact.

                     The city could&#x27;ve gone to trial for the one case you&#x27;re referencing, and would&#x27;ve won given enough money and time, but by that point the museum had already started investigating other locations.

                     1. stockresearcher · 1790121351 · focus · HN ↗

                        He gave up in Chicago because the federal judge wasn’t ruling in their favor.

                        “They would have won given enough time and money” is certainly debatable, but this ruling was ultimately what ended the museum in Chicago:

                        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cases.justia.com&#x2F;federal&#x2F;district-courts&#x2F;illinois&#x2F;ilndce&#x2F;1:2014cv09096&#x2F;303167&#x2F;54&#x2F;0.pdf?ts=1436358233" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cases.justia.com&#x2F;federal&#x2F;district-courts&#x2F;illinois&#x2F;il...

                        In federal court. And sure, if you want, you can put “lost” in scare quotes and claim I’m misrepresenting things.

               2. sanex · 1790112355 · focus · HN ↗

                  Hey solider field south lot is very important 8 days a year.

                  1. earthtograndma · 1790114996 · focus · HN ↗

                     Not for much longer.

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