Mayor Being Asked to Veto 600 North Lake Shore High-Rise

Concerned that the proposed 600 N. Lake Shore Dr. development will block afternoon sunlight at Ohio Street Beach, Streeterville residents are asking Mayor Richard Daley to exercise his veto power over the project.

“We met with the mayor’s chief of staff and planning commissioner Christopher Hill yesterday,” says Bess Demopoulos, spokesperson for the Save Ohio Street Beach campaign. “We want Daley to use his veto power to block the project as it is currently proposed.”

Other concerned residents, however, are not convinced that Daley is sensitive to their concerns. “I don’t expect him to use the veto,” said Rosalind Hecim, president of the Streeterville Organization of Active Residents (SOAR). “He’s never done it. I think the last time the veto was used was by Mayor Harold Washington.” Both Mayor Daley and Ald. Burt Natarus, in whose 42nd ward the project falls, are strongly behind the project.