George Lucas is giving up on his plans to build an immense personal museum on Chicago’s lakefront and is instead looking at sites in California, including San Francisco’s Treasure Island. The legendary filmmaker and Marin County resident first sought to build a museum to house his collection of populist, illustrative and cinematic art in the Presidio across from Crissy Field, but was turned down by the Presidio Trust in 2014. In a press release Friday morning, the board of what now is called the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art states that “Chicago will no longer be considered a potential site for the museum” and that “California will be its future home.” No cities were named, but Lucas and his staff have been in discussions with San Francisco officials for a site on Treasure Island across from the Ferry Building. The resistance to Lucas in San Francisco and in Chicago comes despite his stated intention to pay for the museum — which now has an estimated $700 million pricetag — out of his own pocket.

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