>>> THERE STILL AREN'T ANY SIGNS THAT THE CINDERBLOCK SHELL NEXT TO THE HUMBOLDT PARK RECEPTOR HE WILL BE FINISHED ANYTIME SOON.

AND A NEWLY COMPILED PAPER TRAIL SHOWS THE ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF THAT BUILDING VIOLATED RULES SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WHITLEY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

PATTY, MINUS Y PARK DISTRICT, DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING STOPPED THE BUILDING OF WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PUERTO RICAN ARCHITECTURAL.

>> RIGHT.

WELL, THEY STOPPED IT BECAUSE THEY NEVER GOT ANY PERMITS TO BUILD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO, BECAUSE THIS ARCHIVE, BECAUSE THE MUSEUM IS IN THIS HISTORIC CHICAGO LANDMARK BUILDING, THERE ARE SO MANY PROCESSES THAT YOU NEED TO GO TO GET PERMISSION TO BUILD SO MANY SPECIFICATIONS , DETAILS THAT YOU NEED TO PROVIDE TO CITY AND STATE AGENCIES , IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THEY DID GET SOME STATE MONEY FOR THIS.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING IN CHICAGO.

I CAN'T EVEN PRACTICALLY PUT A DOORKNOB ON A BUILDING WITHOUT A PERMIT AND THEY STARTED PUTTING UP STRUCTURE WITH, WITH NO PERMIT.

>> AND IT'S GOTTEN THIS FAR ALONG.

>> AND IT GOT FAIRLY FAR ALONG PRINT >> SO A NUMBER OF PRESERVATION CHICAGO HAS PUT TOGETHER A 16 PAGE STATEMENT OF FACTS OF THE SITUATION.

WHAT DO THEY SHOW?

>> THEY SHOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MISREPRESENTATION THAT WENT ON DEPENDING ON WHO THE LEADERS OF THE MUSEUM WERE SPEAKING TO.

SO AT FIRST, IT'S GOING TO BE 1500 SQUARE FEET.

NOW IT'S 6800 SQUARE FEET.

PEOPLE AREN'T SURE IT'S ACTUALLY AN ARCHIVE, BECAUSE NONE OF THE RENDERINGS SHOW ANYTHING THAT RESEMBLED AN ARCHIVE.

WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH THIS VENUE SEEMS TO BE UP FOR GRABS.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, DID YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO APPLY FOR PERMITS, DID YOU NOT?

CONSIDERING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE MUSEUM , CERTAINLY AWARE OF HOW THE PERMIT PROCESS WORKS.

>> ANY RESPONSE FROM MUSEUM LEADERSHIP SO FAR?

>> I MEAN, THEY SAID, FIRST THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO ANY OF OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT, BUT THEY HAVE TOLD OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS THAT , HONEST MISTAKES MADE.

FOLKS, AGAIN, WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE VERY AWARE OF THE PROCESS, AND THAT YOU NEED BUILDING PERMITS, ESPECIALLY FOR A HISTORIC LANDMARK BUILDING.

>> AND WHAT HAS THE PARK DISTRICT THAT ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT FOR THIS PROJECT?

>> WELL, THE MOST RECENT MEETING, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT CEO SAID THIS IS A VERY LONG , INVOLVED PROCESS.

THERE'S A LOT TO UNTANGLE.

MULTIPLE STATE AND CITY AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THIS.

AGAIN, THERE'S NOT 16 PAGE DOCUMENT OF PAPER TRAIL, AND THEY WANT THE MUSEUM TO GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE .

GRANTED, THERE ALREADY IS A BUILDING STRUCTURE STARTED AND IN PLACE, BUT THEY WANT THEM TO GO BACK AND START THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER AND DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND FEEDBACK ON THIS PRINT >> A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE OVER THERE.

>> YEAH.

THAT CINDERBLOCK IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE FOR A WHILE.

YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT, PATTY WETLI WILL STAY