Jackson Park, Chicago, IL
Press Coverage

Only 1 of the 47 Chicago City Council members voted against the Obama Presidential Center

Washington Examiner

“The City Council’s rubber-stamping of the Obama Presidential Center was totally expected,” Charles A. Birnbaum, president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, said in a statement. “For all the talk of transparency, the Obama Foundation has never answered one essential question: Why MUST National Register-designated public parkland be taken for the OPC when other options exist?”