Details Revealed for Obama Center
ByThe development, which has an estimated cost of roughly $1.5 billion, will be a three-building public destination featuring the Museum, the Forum and the Library.
More details emerged on plans for the Obama Presidential Center, which will sprout up on approximately 21 acres in the historic Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago. Members of the Obama Foundation unveiled the conceptual vision and site map of the 200,000 to 225,000-square-foot project at a recent event hosted by President and Mrs. Obama.
The price tag for the development has been reported to be approximately $500 million; however, a recent Page Six article discloses that Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects puts the figure at an estimated $1.5 billion…