Squidward's house would be too nice. I'm thinking more like one of houses made from car mufflers that polluted the bottom of the ocean.
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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Because you're stupid - bewitched by the magic negro.
More than one article complaining about the tree loss from - 2017. There are more if you search the authors name and Obama. I know him well. Never got traction. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2017/10/13/18357146/who-will-protect-stately-trees-from-the-obama-presidential-center
That thing looks like the Iron Giant dropped a painful turd.
I don’t know what any of that means, except that you’re wrong about “MIGHT” needing more coffee. I definitely DO!
Even by Brutalist standards, Obama’s building is utterly hideous. It’s very likely the ugliest large, expensive structure ever built anywhere. Seriously, can anyone point me to a public building that they think is uglier than the Obama Center?
It looks like Barry O is building a place where he can “hunker down” when the fit hits the shan.
Thou shalt not have false gods before me. You hear that Barry?
Oh God, please help them build it. Chicago deserves it.
They should also take another 1000 acres and put up a giant penis shaped structure to honor First Lady Moochelle Obozo.
Flaktürme were constructed with several meters (yards) of reinforced concrete. They are essentially bombproof. Many still stand because they would be too expensive to demolish. It will take about ten pounds of dynamite and tons of popcorn for the spectators to demolish Barry’s Eyesore in a few decades.
Who the Hell every came up with that monstrosity?
Good post.
I monitor the leftist “politics” reddit site from time to time—and for most of the young people posting there Obama is already yesterday’s news.
They could not care less about him.
If our young conservatives win the day the area will be declared off limits as an Air Force test bombing range.
Squidward's house would be too nice. I'm thinking more like one of houses made from car mufflers that polluted the bottom of the ocean.
“It’s just contrary to what I thought he believed in.”
Imagine being this stupid.
Testing during World War II showed that reinforced concrete is impervious to high explosives. Submarine pens shrugged it off. British Grand Slam bombs acted by deep ground penetration, with the “seimic” waves cracking and undermining foundations.
You are correct, though. The site would be an amusing demonstration of the GBU-57, Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP).
“It blowed up real good.”
The “curious incident”: A key clue is that the stable dog did not bark, which leads Holmes to conclude that the dog knew the person who entered the stable.
The famous quote: The story is famous for the exchange between Holmes and Inspector Gregory about the dog in the night-time: “The dog did nothing in the night-time.” “That was the curious incident,” remarked Sherlock Holmes.
The Democrats are going into paroxysms and barking like they’re possessed over the Trump ballroom, paid for BY DONORS.
Nary a peep from the very same Democrats over this monstrosity, PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS, and destroying a public park, to kick out the peasants.
[Taxpayer Costs (Infrastructure): Chicago and Illinois taxpayers are funding significant related expenses, primarily for infrastructure improvements around the center, such as rerouting roads and upgrading utilities. These costs have been estimated at over $100 million in local and state funds.]
That is the point of testing on a test site.
If one thing does not work—you try something else.
Lol.
It went BOOMM!
It created Trinitite. Green nuclear glass, color caused by vaporizing the round copper containment vessel.
:”Junk Tower” ??
Costing $850 million .... SO FAR.
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