Again, from Crain's. No surprises here. Millenium Park and the John Hancock only have 10 and 15 employees, respectively. Millenium Park is up over 83% from 2004.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?portal_id=41&mpid=41&page_id=1946

Steve

Again, from Crain's. No surprises here. Millenium Park and the John Hancock only have 10 and 15 employees, respectively. Millenium Park is up over 83% from 2004.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?portal_id=41&mpid=41&page_id=1946

Steve

Only 10 employees for Millenium Park? Including landscapers and security and snow/trash removal guys, and people to manage the music shell?

I guess the bean polishing is outsourced at Millenium Park.....

I guess the bean polishing is outsourced at Millenium Park.....

Yeah, we all rag on Millenium Park a bit, but I know a bunch of people who included a visit there as part of their reason for making a trip to Chicago, so it's surely making some of its cost back, however slowly.

And I read that many properties with a view of the park have had an increase in value of over $100 a square foot, so that should be a lot of additional property tax income. I'd think.

Would like to see an economic study of the value of the park.

I wonder why the Chicago Historical Society is down 53%. Did they have some dud exhibits?

Steve

I wonder why the Chicago Historical Society is down 53%. Did they have some dud exhibits?

Steve

I seem to recall they've been closed some recently for expansion or remodeling.

It's new name now is the Chicago History Museum:
http://www.chicagohs.org/

Only 10 employees for Millenium Park? Including landscapers and security and snow/trash removal guys, and people to manage the music shell?Landscaping, trash removal, etc are general Chicago Park District employees assigned to that district; they work all the parks in a given area, not just one park. The 10 employees are most likely for the skating rink or information booths or something like that.

Landscaping, trash removal, etc are general Chicago Park District employees assigned to that district; they work all the parks in a given area, not just one park. The 10 employees are most likely for the skating rink or information booths or something like that.

Well, sure. But it's kind of pointless to classify that way.