“I don’t want to block it, I just want to give the neighbors a chance to get involved, and, I hope, to get excited about the idea,” King said of the Waters museum plan. “Right now, anyone, by right, can just open a museum in the middle of a block of homes in Chicago and start welcoming busloads of visitors. That’s something that people who live on a block probably didn’t sign up for. They should get a chance to learn about it and have their voices heard as part of the process.”
Chicago alderman withdraws residential museum rules plan for projects such as former homes of Emmett Till and Muddy Waters
