Article: Obama Presidential Center Clears Last City Hurdle, Others Remain

Natalie Moore, WBEZ

Article: City Controls key land for redevelopment near the Obama Presidential Center

Lolly Bowen, Chicago Tribune

Article: As hurdles mount for Obama Presidential Center, worry and anxiety grow on the South Side

Lolly Bowen, Chicago Tribune

From the Archive

Articles from the race to secure the Obama Library bid.

Commentary: Mayor, keep the Obama Presidential Center alive

Barbara Bowles, President of Landers Bowles Family Foundation 

Commentary: Why the law favors the Obama Presidential Center

Lior Strahilevitz, Sidley Austin Professor of Law at the University of Chicago 

Commentary: In ever-evolving Jackson Park, there is room for the Obama center

Gary T. Johnson, President, Chicago History Museum

Commentary: Obama center plans won't destroy Olmsted's park — they should be improved, not rejected

Blair Kamen, Chicago Tribune 

Commentary: It's time for a heart-to-heart with African-Americans who are resisting the Obama center

Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune: 

LtoE: Jackson Park is the right spot for the Obama center

Connie Spreen, Woodlawn Resident

LtoE: The Unabashed History of Jackson Park, The World’s Columbian Exposition and Fredrick Law Olmsted

Sharon Lewis, Southside Resident

LtoE: Don’t let a small group of naysayers kill the Obama Presidential Center

Dan Shomon, Irving Park

LtoE: No more Obama Center Naysaying

Roy Peterson, Southshore

LtoE: Park Buildings

Ralph Vallot, Woodlawn