Friends of the Parks news

The saga of George Lucas’ long-running attempt to build a Museum of Narrative Arts in the US has taken another surprising twist, with concept designs ... More

After nearly two years of legal disputes, George Lucas has finally pulled the plug on plans for his Museum of Narrative Art in Chicago, with ... More

After nearly two years of legal wrangling, George Lucas looks to have given up on Chicago as a viable option for his Museum of Narrative ... More

The Lucas Museum saga continues to rumble on after a judge ruled in favour of legal action taken by Friends of the Parks, meaning its ... More

Despite George Lucas’s museum project being given the go ahead with amended plans allowing more green space, a federal judge chose this week not to ... More

Despite the best effort of green space advocates in the city of Chicago, George Lucas’s legacy project will go ahead after the legendary director’s Museum ... More

The architectural team behind director George Lucas’ Museum of Narrative Art have revealed revised renderings of the plans, which have been drawn up to counter ... More

In response to a lawsuit aiming to halt development of George Lucas’ legacy project on Chicago’s waterfront, a revised proposal for the Lucas Museum – ... More

US President Barack Obama has announced that the presidential library – a monument to his legacy as the nation’s first black President – will be ... More

A bill has been passed in Illinois by state lawmakers aimed at improving Chicago’s efforts to build both the George Lucas’ Museum of Narrative Art ... More

Friends of the Parks – the campaign group attempting to halt development of George Lucas’ museum project – has scored an early victory in the ... More

George Lucas has said that his proposed legacy museum to be built on the Chicago lakefront could end up going to Los Angeles, after the ... More

Four US universities are currently battling it out to host Barack Obama’s US$500m (€419.5m, £329m) presidential library – a repository for preserving and making available ... More

A federal judge has put a stop to plans for further development on the proposed site of the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, following ... More