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In a city with an iconic skyline, the Obama presidential museum aims to reshape Chicago architecture

Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening in Chicago on Juneteenth

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Halfway built, the Obama Presidential Center is already a South Side landmark

The signature tower at the Obama Presidential Center, under construction in Jackson Park, already looms over the community. It will house the museum dedicated to the former president.

Chicago Sun-Times

Neighborhood pride competes with gentrification fears for residents coping with Obama Center traffic woes in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood

CHICAGO — When the road construction around the coming Obama Presidential Center kicked into a new phase last month, South Shore resident Jane Carson said she took the longer bus rides home in stride because she knew it was for the greater good: a grand community space dedicated to the…

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Chicago voters oppose cutting down thousands of trees in Jackson Park and South Shore for Obama Center, golf project

CHICAGO — Residents of Chicago’s South Side overwhelmingly voted to oppose the removal of thousands of trees because of construction around the Obama Presidential Center and a proposed golf course project.

Chicago Tribune

Noose found at construction site of Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

Lakeside Alliance, a partnership of Black-owned construction firms, said it reported the incident to police

Evening Standard

Pulse of the Heartland: South Shore voters hope Obama center brings change to believe in — but they take nothing for granted

South Shore was long seen as a “first-house neighborhood” for middle-class residents, and it saw one of its favorite daughters go to the White House as first lady. Residents now hope the nearby Obama Presidential Center will make it “an area where people want to move into.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Reflections on the promise of the Obama Presidential Center

Projects such as the Obama Center are always about some golden future time, and they’re built on promises, wishes, and hopes.

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Obama Presidential Center makes progress in building talent pipeline from South and West Side residents, report shows

CHICAGO — Mamon Powers, Jr. always envisioned being in business because that’s how he grew up, being surrounded by businessmen in the home and the community. But then again by the time he was 15, he was running his own carpentry crew on construction sites.

Chicago Tribune

Barack Obama honours late mother on his 61st birthday with water garden named after her

“I could picture her sitting on one of the benches on a nice summer afternoon, smiling and watching a bunch of kids running through the fountain,” he says.

The Independent UK

Lawsuit blocking construction of Obama Presidential Center in Chicago park is thrown out

‘This is not the end of the road,’ the president of the Protect Our Parks groups said

The Independent UK

Lawsuit over Obama Presidential Center’s construction in Chicago’s Jackson Park has been dismissed

CHICAGO — A lawsuit that aimed to stop the Obama Presidential Center from being built in Chicago’s historic Jackson Park has been dismissed by a federal judge.

Chicago Tribune

Obama Presidential Center will have space named for Hadiya Pendleton, murdered South Side teen

Pendleton was caught in gang gunfire on Jan. 29, 2013, days after traveling to Washington to celebrate President Barack Obama’s second inauguration.

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