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President Obama's $600 Million Gift To Chicago: A Presidential Library
By Maya Rhodan, May 12, 2015, Time.com
“All the strands of my life came together and I really became a man when I moved to Chicago," Obama said.
The Barack Obama Foundation announced Tuesday that the monument to Obama’s legacy as the nation’s first black president will be built on the South Side of Chicago.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and chair of the Barack Obama Foundation Martin Nesbitt were due to announce more details at a press conference later Tuesday. An exact location for the park has not yet been chosen, but it will be built on one of two parks–Jackson and Washington, both of which are located just south or west of Hyde Park, the urban oasis the President and First Lady called home prior to moving into 1600 Pennsylvania.
The University of Chicago beat out bids to build the university by another Chicago school, the University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as Obama’s alma mater Columbia University in New York, and the University of Hawaii located in the President’s home state.
The foundation plans to work with all four schools to host some of the president’s archives but ultimately, the foundation selected the South Side of Chicago, where President Obama planted his roots as a community organizer and politician.
“With a library and a foundation on the South Side of Chicago, not only will we be able to encourage and affect change locally, but what we can also do is to attract the world to Chicago,” President Obama said in a video released Tuesday:
By Maya Rhodan, May 12, 2015, Time.com
“All the strands of my life came together and I really became a man when I moved to Chicago," Obama said.
The Barack Obama Foundation announced Tuesday that the monument to Obama’s legacy as the nation’s first black president will be built on the South Side of Chicago.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and chair of the Barack Obama Foundation Martin Nesbitt were due to announce more details at a press conference later Tuesday. An exact location for the park has not yet been chosen, but it will be built on one of two parks–Jackson and Washington, both of which are located just south or west of Hyde Park, the urban oasis the President and First Lady called home prior to moving into 1600 Pennsylvania.
The University of Chicago beat out bids to build the university by another Chicago school, the University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as Obama’s alma mater Columbia University in New York, and the University of Hawaii located in the President’s home state.
The foundation plans to work with all four schools to host some of the president’s archives but ultimately, the foundation selected the South Side of Chicago, where President Obama planted his roots as a community organizer and politician.
“With a library and a foundation on the South Side of Chicago, not only will we be able to encourage and affect change locally, but what we can also do is to attract the world to Chicago,” President Obama said in a video released Tuesday:
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