Barack Obama
Related: About this forumObama library coming to Chicago!
Just announced (will find a link). It's to be somewhere around the University of Chicago.
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Chicagos South Side To Get Obama Library: Sources
April 30, 2015 5:13 PM
(CBS) Indications are Chicagos quest for the Barack Obama presidential library has succeeded.
Its a major coup for Mayor Rahm Emanuel and, perhaps more importantly, for the South Side, CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
The final confirmation was implied in a phone call last Friday to Emanuel and state Democratic legislative leaders meeting in his office.
The Obama Presidential Library will rise either in Washington Park at King Drive and Garfield Boulevard or at the other site proposed by the University of Chicago, in Jackson Park, south of the Museum of Science and Industry, near 60th and Stony Island.
The announcement is now planned for the week after next, though it may not specify which site will be chosen.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/04/30/chicagos-south-side-to-get-obama-library-sources/
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)mopinko
(70,268 posts)they better hurry. if imma be a docent, i aint gettin any younger.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)I hope they finish it quickly for you. Maybe a year or so?
sheshe2
(83,962 posts)~And this library will actually have books in it!
greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)sheshe2
(83,962 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Republicans shocked it's not going to Kenya.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)sheshe2
(83,962 posts)DUzy!
You outdid yourself with that comment, loc~
liberal N proud
(60,347 posts)There then on to Springfield and Lincoln library and museum which is one of the coolest!
greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)I hear that it's impressive, though.
liberal N proud
(60,347 posts)mopinko
(70,268 posts)whaddya say?
greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)I have a lot of family stuff coming up soon.
treestar
(82,383 posts)I've never been to Chicago, so when I get a chance to visit, that'll be one good thing to see!
greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)When you come here, just don't do it in winter.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)It's fascinating.
They have a great website, too.