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  • The Obama Center and the fight to preserve Jackson Park (the locals still don't want it)

    08/04/2021 2:34:59 AM PDT · by Libloather · 13 replies
    Chicago Reader ^ | 8/03/21 | Leonard C. Goodman
    **SNIP** Another plaintiff, Bren Sheriff, who has lived for nearly 50 years in the South Shore neighborhood near Jackson Park, told me that the center was initially marketed as a presidential library. But after obtaining the lease to build in Jackson Park, the foundation changed course and decided to build a private entity with no official connection to the National Archives. According to Sheriff, many south-siders have been misled into believing that the POP lawsuit is an attempt by white people to stop President Obama from building his presidential library. Second, construction of the OPC in the wooded parkland of...