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location/access urban area, international airport access for national / international visitors good access from mass transit systems - regional (Metra) & local (CTA) pedestrian-friendly location project has/is flexible program such that it may be re-purposed - site must be desirable for other civic functional programs circulation-reasonable vehicular access, service & accessibility required parking will be required, but limited to encourage/exemplify mass transit
 * SITE SELECTION CRITERIA**

image/visual should be perceived as a “safe” visiting environment

visibility co-location with other public institutions desirable for cross-traffic, but if other variables support it an end-destination could be desirable project should be visible/accessible from high-traffic public areas to capture attention self-market scenic vistas from project outward desirable views of project for aesthetic & approach important

character relevance to the great lakes waterways system and ecology is imperative site should support the civic importance and “significance” of the project history of site relative to the ecology of the region would add value “natural” intact features on site are advantageous adjacency to preserve, parkways, or water ways system ideal suitable for ecological experiential learning & interpretation activities on-site demonstration of monitoring systems(water quality etc) desirable

environmental climate will be “midwestern”; micro-climate desirable learning opportunity undesirable environmental conditions (contamination etc) are undesirable, however can present a positive learning opportunity ability to deploy renewable energy usage such as solar thermal, underground heat exchange, photovoltaics adjacent properties/structures should not be a hindrance (unsightliness, noise), and ideally advantageous

area/fitsite program area TBD, ideally significant building program area xx,xxx sf TBD, assumed on multiple levels program should be ex pandable parking assumed to be other than surface

northerly island wolf point south turning basin/ bubbly creek/I&M canal area
 * possible sites**


 * other TBD**