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Obama Presidential Center

Obama Presidential Center Lawsuit Will Proceed, Slowing Progress of Construction

Zach Mortice
February 20, 2019
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A federal judge ruled that a nonprofit organization can go ahead with its claims that public parkland was improperly handed over to the Obama Foundation.


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Obama Center Design Evolves

Obama Center Design Evolves

James Gauer
January 25, 2018
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The Obama Foundation has released new renderings of Presidential Center based on feedback from the community.


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Obama Presidential Center Library

Barack and Michelle Obama Announce Conceptual Vision for Design of Obama Presidential Center

James Gauer
May 4, 2017
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The new complex, designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners, says Obama, will not be “an ego trip.”


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Obama Presidential Center

Renderings Released of Obama Presidential Center Design Concept

Miriam Sitz
May 3, 2017
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The Obama Foundation has released the conceptual vision and site map of the Presidential Center in Chicago designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners and Interactive Design Architects.


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AIA Michelle Obama

2017 AIA Conference: Michelle Obama on Architecture and Life After the White House

Anna Fixsen
April 27, 2017
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The former first lady spoke to attendees of the 2017 AIA conference in her first appearance since vacating the White House.


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PFLOTUS

Barack Obama Releases Statement on Presidential Library Location

The Obama Foundation confirms Jackson Park in Chicago as the official site of the project.
Anna Fixsen
July 29, 2016
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Sources may have confirmed Wednesday that the Obama Presidential Center was to be located in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side, but today the President himself made it official.
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Jackson Park Selected as Obama Library Site

Jackson Park Selected as Site of Obama Library

The South Side Chicago location was chosen over Washington Park.
Anna Fixsen Miriam Sitz
July 27, 2016
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The Chicago Tribune reports that President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have selected Jackson Park on the city’s south side as the future home for the Obama Presidential Center.


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Obama Library: TWBT
BREAKING NEWS

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to Design Obama Library

A site and design have yet to be revealed.
Anna Fixsen
June 30, 2016
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When Barack Obama was announced victorious in the 2008 presidential election—the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office—he told the crowd of tens of thousands gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park, “This is your victory.”


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Obama Foundation Announces Finalists For Presidential Library Design

New York firms dominate the shortlist for the Chicago project, with a winner expected by mid-2016.
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Rebecca Seidel
December 23, 2015
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Seven architectural firms are contending for the commission to design the Barack Obama Presidential Center, to be built in either Washington Park or Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago.
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