Park District, Latin School Deal Officially Done

By Margaret Lyons in News on May 15, 2008 8:04PM

A judge today dissolved the contract between the Latin School and the Chicago Park District, which means the city owes the Latin School $2 million, but at least public space remains public space.

The Park board voted unanimously yesterday to cancel its contract with the cushy private school, but it's not clear yet what's going to happen to the would-be soccer field, which is 70 percent completed. The Park District wants to finish construction, but those plans have to be approved by the Plan Commission first, and reps for Protect our Parks say they want the area to remain "an open meadow." [Crain's, Trib, skyline view from the LPZ by chicagodom]