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June 2, 2026

In a city with an iconic skyline, the Obama presidential museum aims to reshape Chicago architecture

  • The bar for architectural design is high in Chicago, from Louis Sullivan's modern skyscrapers to Helmut Jahn's post-modern office buildings.
    • By SOPHIA TAREEN
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Erin Hooley [enlarge]
    The Obama Presidential Center in April. The unusual design of the $850 million campus — particularly a 225-foot gray high rise — has provoked a debate in the city celebrated as the birthplace of the modern skyscraper.

    CHICAGO — The granite monolith soars above a leafy stretch of Chicago's South Side, a nearly windowless exterior more suited to a sci-fi film set than the state-of-the art presidential museum held within.


     
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