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Bozo has Bulls end last laugh Field Museum hosts Black Art season Features Page4 Arts Page7 Sports PageB Vol. 13 No. 12 Monday, April9, 1984 Columbia College, Chicago North Loop gains momentum Council approval on site may boost downtown redevelopment project by: Scott Stone which would restore seven run renovation was still questionable. already passed two scheduled signed a preliminary agreement down blocks in the city's downtown however . deadlines - was denied a third try. with the city in June. 1982. The Chicago City Council will - alter nearly 10 years or studies Also questionable is the Chicago Rouse. developer or similar com Freidheim said since the talks vote this week on an agreement to and five years or planning. Theater which has been proposed plexes such as Boston's Fanevil. with Rouse Co. ended on Dec. 31, build a hotel. office and retail com CONSTRUCTION ON ONL Y one as the "eastern anchor " to the New York's South Street Seaport no one has expressed an interest in plex on a key North Loop site. giv project has already begun. The plan, but which is currently em and Baltimore's Harbor Place. had developing the pier. ing momentum to the city's $110 million Transportation Center broiled in a light over demolition redevelopment project. on the north side or Lake Street by its owner. ::xJ Construction on the $300 mill ion between Clark and L aSalle Str eets The city is expected to pay about :I> structure bounded by Wacker will provide airline and rental-car $226 million ro.~ . the project belq~e z 0 Drive. State. L ake and Dearborn offices along with a link-up to the it's completed sometime around 0 streets could begin by January. ac as yet unfinished O'Hare Airport 1995. r- cording to city planner Kitty rapid transit line. THE F I NANCING will probably Freidheim. An agreement on yet another come from tax increments under ~ CLARK THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ollice-retail complex across the which the city would secure bonds the Urban Investment a nd street from Marshall Field & Co. is against the increased tax revenues Development Co .. Golub & Co .. the "close" said Freidheim. That com expected to accrue from the Americana Hotels and the Depart plex would provide 1.8 million developments. The interest and ment or Planning was reached last square feet or office space and principal on those bonds would he week. It calls lor 690 hotel rooms. 350.000 square feet or retail space. paid through the year 2007. 590,000 square reet or office space Freidheim said she expected a The North Loop area generates and some 200.000 square feet or pact to be reached with developers about $5 million in property taxes retail space. by summer. now. but could skyrocket to $55 00[ DEARBORN The site w as once slotted lor the Also in the works lor the North million or as much as $75 million new Hilton Hotel in early 1982. but Loop is the renovation or the State when it is completed. was scuttled alter the city refused L ake building, the adj oining State Meanwhile. nobody is expressing to give the company the uncondi Lake Theater <which ABC will an interest in developing Navy tional property tax-break it said it remodel l and the renovation of Pier alter a deadline extension lor needed to m ake the venture pro three theaters on Dearborn Street talks sought between the city and a fitable. between L ake and Randolph. prospective developer were denied Phase I or the plan calls l or com KNOWN AS "theater row," the. by the city council. pletion or the hotel complex plan calls lor the conversion or low THE ROUSE CO. or Columbia. 00[ sometime in 1987. grade movie houses into Md.. had proposed to build a S2n STATE City council approval on this pro playhouses. The theaters are the million shopping and entertain ject could give a boost to the North Michael Todd. Cinestage and the ment complex at the site but a Jet Loop redevelopment project - Woods. Freidheim said the Woods ter or agreement - which had Kramer feels pinch North Loop Redevelopment Area Beeps, bumps, blunders for riders by: Rick Guasco all the older cars and buses replaced within two Film students Just as many Columbia students use public years. Once this has happened, Kramer would like to transportation to get to school. the head of the RTA see the CTA regularly replacing its vehicles. also rides the bus to get to work every day. Continued on Page 2 John Kramer. interim chairman or the Regional screen videos Transportation Authority, also heads the Illinois Department of Transportation. But even before he by: Janet Bry movies and intcrprcWt10ns of took on his j ob at the RTA. Kramer always took the22 Thirteen Columbia fil m students music from current albums ... Clark or 36 Broadway bus from his Near North Side and a lull-time Columbia lilm in A FEATURE or the Columhia home to get to work in the Loop. structor will show their music program is "Fear and Vasctna· "I feel like a sardine," Kramer said about riding videos at AKA. a video dan<·e club lion." a music video produced hy the bus at 7:30 every morning. al6259 N. Broadway Sunday. April Dinello's advanced video classes. The RTA, which oversees all suburban commuter 15. Stations. a local hand. was railroads and buses and to a certain extent. the CTA , The student videos •viii play be chosen by Dinello from tapes suh has been plagued with many problems in its !~year tween 8 and 10 p.m . and will run as mittea in an open solicitation. history. As a result. the state l egislature reorganized a lull program with an in term is Dinello's class produced the vid~'O the RTA and made Kramer the transit agency's tem s ion featuring AKA's standar d free for Stations. porary chief. The new board and chairman were videos. Other student videos to he given the job of tackling the problems or both the DAN DlNELLO, a Columbia screened arc "Communication RTAandtheCTA. film instructor since l~'I'J and a Break" by !, aura Bchary. "Better " The main problem on the CTA, as a bus r ider, is well-known video producer. will Health Number f'ive" by Tim the age of the buses," K ramer said. "The CTA has show sever al or his own videos in Miller. "Mae-Boh" by Jim Fager the oldest bus fleet in the nation of any major transit cluding ''Radio Active Love." burg. "Rush Hour Blues" by 1m system." which combines the music or ants Ozers. " Let's Film" by Mary KRAMER POINTED OUT. lor example. that many Bohemia and Desmond. Tallman. "One Plus One" by Ron or the Grumman Flexible buses are 13 to 15 years old. Dinello. who chose the videos to Roberti. "Twilight Zone" by Brian With so many years in service. these buses have each be screened said. " I 'm aware or all Brock . " Dtrty Laundry" by Linda travelled about 750.000 miles. the music videos that are done 1at Pelpier. Jim Nocera and Mark "And an awful lot or them. particularly on my run. Columbia l and just ptcked the best McFarland. "Chck Click" by Mike show it." Kramer admitted. " It leaks when it's rain ones.'' Miller and "Emotional ~' acism" ing. The heating and air conditioning never seem to According to Dinello. sever al by Tom Corboy. work. And they break down a lot." videos will feature local bands and A $1 VOLUNTEER donation will But the RTA bas begun a crash program to replace their music anrl others videos are be asked at the door hut no addi aglng buses and trains on the CTA. Federal funds will RTA IDtertm cbalnnan Jolm Kramer. made from a "wide variety or im tional cover will be charged. Vor be used to buy new train ears. Kramer hopes to have (Pboto by: J8d Rodrlg\lez) ages including music fr om old more information call 279-6657. Page 2, Columbia Chronicle Monday, April9, 1984 Coming soon, Plitt spends $5 million on new theaters by Rick Guasco Three new theaters will open Friday at Water Tower Place In istlng theaters. The movie chain believes there are enough movie part of an on-going ss million expansion plan by Plitt Theaters, Inc. goers to keep the· new theaters open. Located In what was once Drury Lane Theater at Water Tower "WE HAVE confidence in the film product," said Jerry Bulger, a Place, the new theaters make for a total of seven screens at the spokesman lor Plitt. North Michigan Ave. shopping center. Much of the luxurious decor Despite competition with video, Plitt feels videos - both music of Drury Lane. such as the marble staircase and chandeliers.