The Obama Presidential Library has found a home.
Sources told The Associated Press and Chicago Tribune Wednesday that the president has settled on Jackson Park, a green area of more than 500 acres on Chicago’s South Side, east of the University of Chicago.
Jackson Park beat out rival Washington Park, another South Side green space rumored to have been in the running for the institution.
DNAinfo Chicago reports the specific site in Jackson Park is a 21-acre lot in the center of the park currently occupied by a football field and a playground. In contrast, a development in Washington Park would have potentially disrupted some of Chicago’s oldest trees, including ones that predate the park itself.
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The Obama Foundation is expected to make a formal announcement of the location in the next week.
New York firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects and the Chicago-based Interactive Design Architects will oversee the library’s design. Interactive Design recently headed up the Art Institute of Chicago’s new modern wing.
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Fuck a football field and a playground......damn kids need a job.
Sources told The Associated Press and Chicago Tribune Wednesday that the president has settled on Jackson Park, a green area of more than 500 acres on Chicago’s South Side, east of the University of Chicago.
Jackson Park beat out rival Washington Park, another South Side green space rumored to have been in the running for the institution.
DNAinfo Chicago reports the specific site in Jackson Park is a 21-acre lot in the center of the park currently occupied by a football field and a playground. In contrast, a development in Washington Park would have potentially disrupted some of Chicago’s oldest trees, including ones that predate the park itself.
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Obama chooses historic Jackson Park as presidential library sitehttp://trib.in/2axhEtl
The Obama Foundation is expected to make a formal announcement of the location in the next week.
New York firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects and the Chicago-based Interactive Design Architects will oversee the library’s design. Interactive Design recently headed up the Art Institute of Chicago’s new modern wing.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-presidential-library_us_57990dcde4b01180b5316440?section=
Fuck a football field and a playground......damn kids need a job.
