I'm even more surprised he didn't sell it to a developer, which I thought was the original purpose of destroying it.
“I’m surprised the FAA didn’t come down on Daley for that.”
Oh, but yes. Mayor Daley sent the chump change bill to the taxpayers. Daley had a big laugh over that.
FAA fines Chicago over Meigs Field
By: Steve Daniels September 06, 2005
The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to fine the city of Chicago $33,000 in connection with the sudden closure of Meigs Field more than two years ago.
In an Aug. 31 letter to the city’s Department of Aviation, the FAA said it’s assessing the civil penalty because the city didn’t notify the FAA before demolishing the runways at Meigs Field. The city provided the federal agency with notification a short time afterwards, but by then the runways had been destroyed and the airport couldn’t be operated.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20050906/NEWS02/200017682?template=printart