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MBC Still Not Ready for Primetime

By Rob Christopher in News on May 6, 2008 2:36PM

Is there any medium with a shorter attention span than television? Year in and year out, dozens of new shows go on the air; but we only really remember the hits. That's why a museum capable of restoring some perspective to the history of television would be such a cool thing. Unfortunately, it doesn't look the Museum of Broadcast Communications will be opening anytime soon.

This isn't the first time the MBC has been delayed. But now the non-profit org has been hit with a foreclosure lawsuit by its general contractor. Pepper Construction alleges that since 2005 it has done $7.3 million worth of work but has only been paid $2.9 million. Work on the new facility at State & Kinzie has been suspended since May of 2006. And until museum CEO Bruce DuMont can scare up some new funding, the jackhammers are likely to remain silent.
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speculative drawing of the completed MBC via chicago1000