The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved a proposal to redevelop the former site of the Children's Memorial Hospital in Lincoln Park, rezoning the property to accommodate two new 21-story residential towers.
The CMH site has been the center of controversy for years as stakeholders including 43rd Ward Alderman Michele Smith and Lincoln Park community members sparred over what will replace the hospital, which stood at the six-corner crossroads of Lincoln, Fullerton and Halsted for more than 100 years.