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"The Museum, the tallest structure on site, will serve as serve as a lantern for the Obama Presidential Center and the South Side and mark a visitor's arrival", says the official description of the building. Michelle has been spotted in Soul Cycle classes and restaurants around the area and the former President made multiple trips to New York City.
Obama did not engage in politics during the event, clearly putting the focus on the Presidential Center and not once mentioning President Donald Trump. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, community leaders, and hundreds of Chicago residents attended. They traveled to Chicago to hold a forum about the plans and discussed how the plans will be executed for the presidential center campus. He led a discussion with young leaders at the University of Chicago last week, and she spoke at the American Institute of Architects Conference in Miami.
While the construction won't be complete for at least four years, the former president said that programming would begin within a year. "Those are all interesting things to pull people in and give them a sense of what this has been all about", he said. "This is about reaching out right now".
"The design approach for the Center is guided by the goal of creating a true community asset that seeks to inspire and empower the public to take on the greatest challenges of our time", said Williams, Tsien and Griffin in a statement.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, a budget for the project has not yet been put together.
The former President acknowledged there are challenges with the design - traffic, parking, crowd control - minority contracting, for example, but he promised the Obama Foundation will work through all of them with the surrounding communities.
According to the AP, Ralph Appelbaum Associates will head a team of design firms with expertise in media, lighting, and acoustics in designing exhibits for the presidential center.
The Obama Presidential Center, which is expected to open in 2021, will actually comprise three buildings situated around a public plaza.
"Let's face it. We all want to see Michelle's dresses", he added. "Hopefully it's a hub where all of us can see a brighter future for the South Side", he told the audience at the South Shore Cultural Center.
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