Obama chooses historic Jackson Park as library site By Blair Kamin August 21, 2019 at 7:25 p.m. Rejecting a rough-edged urban site for what could be a showcase near the lakefront, President...
The Obama Foundation announces its latest big givers By Katherine Skiba August 21, 2019 at 7:12 p.m. The Obama Foundation, which is raising money for the presidential museum and library to be...
Obamas choose New York architects to design Chicago library and museum By Blair Kamin August 21, 2019 at 6:59 p.m. A renowned husband-and-wife team of New York architects was named Thursday to design the Obama...
Who are Obama library architects Tod Williams, Billie Tsien? By Blair Kamin August 21, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. New York City architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, who on Thursday were named the...
Could Obama library turn tide on decades of neglect for Washington Park? By Angela Caputo May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m. Washington Park residents view the proposed Obama library as one of their best prospects for...
Ford museum face-lift signals Obama library will be ongoing project By Kathy Bergen August 21, 2019 at 6:42 p.m. Seated shoulder-to-shoulder with school kids just outside the freshly revamped Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum,...
First stop for Obama library archives? An empty furniture store in Hoffman Estates By Katherine Skiba August 21, 2019 at 6:33 p.m. Before the doors of President Barack Obama's library open on Chicago's South Side, truckloads of...
Foundation: Obama library will bring ‘something important to neighborhoods’ By Katherine Skiba August 21, 2019 at 6:26 p.m. The foundation building the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side emailed supporters Monday to...
Obama records destined for library could go into storage in Hoffman Estates By Katherine Skiba May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m. A federal agency could move into an old furniture store in Hoffman Estates in October...
Obama library could seed a turnaround on Woodlawn’s open land By Angela Caputo May 23, 2019 at 3:11 a.m. If Woodlawn is chosen as the site for the Obama Presidential Center, a South Side...