You don’t just take a park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (a very great thing) and destroy it so a man can build a building to remind us that he did great things. #SaveJacksonPark chicagoreader.com/chicago/th…

The Obama Center and the fight to preserve Jackson Park - Chicago Reader

Advocates say an alternate site in Washington Park is less disruptive and more beneficial to the community and the environment.

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Aug 6, 2021 · 12:09 PM UTC

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Especially when he was a faithful, bloodthirsty ally of the ruling class who actually did no great things, vibrant smile notwithstanding.
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He also was granted a 99 year lease for $10 and is being allowed to charge admission (commercial property) with all proceeds going to the Obama Foundation. Anyone still believing this man was anything but a grifter is in serious denial.
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What great things by Obama? Drone attacks against non combatants and several million foreclosures?
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Barack We t-o-r-t-u-r-e-d some folks Obama
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Sheer vanity!
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What is the point of having a National Register of Historic Places, if they can simply be written off ?
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I hope the Obamas reconsider using that historic site and choose another.
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Isn't it customary for former presidents to build their libraries in their home states? Let him find a volcano in Hawaii on which to build.
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They're actually planning on building it in Jackson Park? That's pretty ridiculous.