Editing Jane Byrne (section)

====Other matters====
In November 1981, the Chicago City Council approved a new [[redistricting]] map for the city's aldermanic wards which was drawn by Byrne's administration. The [[U.S. Court of Appeals]] would find, in 1984, that the map was in violation of the federal [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A New Map, A New Era |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-10-31-8503140614-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=November 14, 2021 |language=en |date=October 31, 1985}}</ref>

On November 11, 1981, [[Dan Goodwin]], who had successfully climbed the [[Sears Tower]] the previous spring, battled for his life on the side of the [[John Hancock Center]]. William Blair, Chicago's fire commissioner, had ordered the [[Chicago Fire Department]] to stop Goodwin by directing a full-power fire hose at him and by using fire axes to break window glass in Goodwin's path. 

Mayor Byrne rushed to the scene and ordered the fire department to stand down. Then, through a smashed out a 38th floor window, Byrne told Goodwin, who was hanging from the building's side a floor below, that though she did not agree with his climbing of the John Hancock Center, she certainly opposed the fire department knocking him to the ground below. Byrne then allowed Goodwin to continue his climb unimpeded to the top.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Constable |first1=Burt |title=Wallenda supported, Spider-Dan nearly killed |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141102/news/141109798/|access-date=November 17, 2014|work=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|Daily Herald]]|date=November 4, 2014}}</ref>

Byrne also initiated the idea for creating a unified lakefront museum campus, which was implemented subsequent to her tenure as [[Museum Campus]], as well as the idea of renovating [[Navy Pier]], also implemented subsequent to her tenure.<ref name="Hautzinger" /> Byrne additionally expanded [[O'Hare International Airport]].<ref name="Hautzinger"/>