Protect Our Parks wants to put the brakes on the Obama Center groundbreaking.
Tag: Obama Presidential Center
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The Obama Center: opening in 2025
But Protect Our Parks says more legal challenges are coming for the Jackson Park plan.
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Obama CBA demands housing ordinance amid multiple crises
Activists with the Obama Community Benefits Agreement urge action from Lightfoot and the City Council.
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Making a federal issue out of the Obama Center lawsuit
The federal appeals court requests more briefs in order to decide if they should decide.
Posted inArts & Culture
Chicago’s seven “most endangered” buildings
Preservation Chicago releases its 2020 list.
Posted inArts & Culture
Big, unbuilt plans
A civic center in River North, a concrete ribbon that split Hyde Park north from Woodlawn, and a third World’s Fair on the lakefront
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A judge has dismissed the lawsuit that sought to stop the Obama Presidential Center
The activist group Protect Our Parks has been fighting to keep the center out of Jackson Park.
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The lawsuit to prevent building the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park lives to fight another day in court
But Judge John Robert Blakey wants it resolved. Soon.
Posted inNews & Politics
The 20th Ward aldermanic race is rife with bad faith and good ideas
A Pritzker-backed machine operator, a rogue three-time candidate, a U of C darling, and lots of idealistic novices compete in a ward known for corruption.
Posted inNews & Politics
Mayoral forum recap: all the answers, none of the bullshit
At back-to-back forums last week 11 candidates fielded questions and even provided some answers.
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After a Halloween vote by the City Council, it looks like the Obama Presidential Center is finally a done deal
Among the voters: Freddy Krueger, a bunny, a shark, and Prince.
Posted inArts & Culture
Now’s the time to visit Jackson Park while you still can
See Frederick Law Olmsted’s stunning grounds before the Obama Center further encroaches.
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A lawsuit to prevent the Obama Presidential Center’s ‘illegal land grab’ in Jackson Park is moving forward
The activist group Protect Our Parks claims that the city’s plan to turn 19 acres of Jackson Park over to the Obama Foundation is unconstitutional.
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Chicago’s next great park? Hardly
The city is missing a huge opportunity to turn Rezkoville, 62 acres of barren land along the river in the South Loop, into a park or prairie preserve.
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Theaster Gates is reopening a slicker Arts Bank this weekend
The refurbished bank will include a 19th-century bar, an improved library, and a brand-new multiartist show.