If there was ever a monument that should be torn down.
One more reason not to go to Chicago.
These people are out of their minds if they think Woodlawn will be back as a thriving African American Community. 63rd and Stoney Island is about as ghetto as it gets.
The Obummer site will not change anything.
As long as they stay in their general area and don’t move into the good parts of Illinois, that’s fine. They can believe anything they want about their savior.
My daughter lives on Woodlawn. 61st street. They are in a co-op so rising rent is not an issue, but recently while waiting to pick up her son from daycare witnessed a street shooting right in front of her in broad daylight. You have to go block by block in that part of town, some quite stable and safe, some bad “Indian country.” According to her, the Indian country is spreading and this monstrosity of obama’s is making things worse. Needless to say they are pulling up stakes asap and will be out of there in another month or so.
“63rd Street was once a thriving, safe African American community,”
Safe community. I’m sure the crime rate will sky rocket once the rich white people move in.
“Sounds like that community could use some organizin’.”
Would make a good Babylon Bee story:
“Barak Obama goes back to what he’s best at, community organizing - this time to protest the Obama Center planned for Chicago”
Why not build his shrine where he lives on Martha’s Vineyard?