"We met with the mayor's chief of staff and planningcommissioner Christopher Hill yesterday," says Bess Demopoulos,spokesperson for the Save Ohio Street Beach campaign. "We wantDaley to use his veto power to block the project as it is currentlyproposed."

Other concerned residents, however, are not convinced that Daleyis sensitive to their concerns. "I don't expect him to use theveto," said Rosalind Hecim, president of the StreetervilleOrganization of Active Residents (SOAR). "He's never done it. Ithink the last time the veto was used was by Mayor HaroldWashington." Both Mayor Daley and Ald. Burt Natarus, in whose 42ndward the project falls, are strongly behind the project.

Given the likelihood that the Mayor will continue to side withAtlantis Properties, which is developing the 252-unit, 49-storyluxury condominium tower, legal challenges are said to be in theworks, according to published reports. A group of residents at 540N. Lake Shore, which is immediately next door to the proposed site,are reportedly talking to environmental lawyers about what impacttheir independent shadow studies of the project might have incourt. Brendan Duffy, a spokesperson for residents at the 540building, could not immediately be reached for comment.