Design
Why the Obama Presidential Library Is Bound To Fail
It will be beautiful, sure. But Chicago leaders are horse-trading with the cultural resources of poorer neighborhoods when it comes to location.
Chicago took a blow today as the architects selected as finalists to design the library for President Barack Obama in Chicago were announced. Just one of the seven architects named by the Barack Obama Foundation is from Chicago.
“The dearth of Chicago finalists was a disappointment for the city, which takes great pride in the pioneering role it played in the development of modern architecture and in such contemporary projects as Millennium Park,” writes the Chicago Tribune’s Blair Kamin.