Posted on 11/14/2025 1:30:15 AM PST by Libloather
Anger is brewing over former President Barack Obama’s decision to build his presidential library in the heart of a historic Chicago park.
Costing $850 million, the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in Jackson Park began in 2021 and will conclude next spring.
The problem is that many locals do not care for the odd-looking building that is his library, invading their community.
“Obama, of all people, should not be building a palace for himself, a fortress in the middle of a public park,” famous Chicago-area architect Grahm Balkany, a left-winger, told the New York Post. “It’s just contrary to what I thought he believed in.”
“So many people in Chicago, unfortunately, didn’t want to speak truth to power — especially when that power was Obama,” he added.
Balkany wasn’t wrong. Obama is worshipped so much by the left that criticizing the former president in any way is unfathomable to them.
That said, Balkany isn’t entirely alone in his public criticisms.
“I always see it as a cenotaph, a tombstone, a crusader fortress in brutalist style,” W.J.T. Mitchell, a University of Chicago art historian, told the Post, describing Obama’s stone library.
“It’s not a beautiful building. Its monumentality violates the spirit of the democratic urban park,” he added, referencing park-designer Fredrick Law Olmsted’s vision for the space.
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“It’s just contrary to what I thought he believed in.”
What a colossal dumbass the architect is. Looks like a prison and uglier than the FIB building, how fitting.
“’Obama, of all people, should not be building a palace for himself, ...’ ‘It’s just contrary to what I thought he believed in.’”
It’s EXACTLY what Obama believes in. Just goes to show that people weren’t paying attention. Most of his photos are of him with his haughty nose high in the air. That says, “I’m better than everyone else, and I deserve a palace.”
Apples and oranges — on many levels. Are you stupid?
Or Pyongyang.
Perfect!
(Swalwell might have other things on his mind today higher on the list than the Ballroom. LOL!)
Had to look up “cenotaph”.
He should have built another basketball court. At least the locals could use it.
Rumor has it that the library will contain an entire floor dedicated to displaying Big Mike’s jock straps.
If that’s Obama’s idea of beauty in architecture then I’d hate to know what his idea of ugliness is.
“One of these is the Obama Library and the other is a North Korean guard tower.”
https://x.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1979903820885848443
likely outdated style and poor workmanship even before it opens. It’s what happens when you want to be “unique” - momentary WOW! then prolonged UGH!
The Lefty dogs aren’t barking.
Pretty simple, really.
“The Adventure of Silver Blaze”.
I think you might need more coffee.
No one will go to see this place.
“It’s just contrary to what I thought he believed in.”
...left wing ass wipe is just learning this?! This lib is also contrary to his own beliefs. Whatever they are from minute to minute.
I once voted to demolish a 60’s Brutalist architecture structure that the city owned. There were those who wanted us to spend millions of dollars to renovate it, they were loud in public comment. It would have still been ugly and dysfunctional.
We nuked it.
I’m proud of that vote, we saved the citizens a lot of money and eliminated an eyesore.
You mean to tell me that Obama is behaving like a self-absorbed, self-aggrandizing, monument-building king? Who knew?!?
😂😂😂😂
It’s a large, ugly concrete middle finger to Chicago and the USA saying:
“Eff you, to all Christains and Jews. Thanks, Suckers! Allahu Akbar!”
Ha,ha. FU obama, and FU chicago, have fun with the obama outhouse.
It looks like a nuclear missile silo. A fitting location for toxic waste. Where is Sam Brinton?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Brinton
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