Obama library coming to Chicago!

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Just announced (will find a link). It's to be somewhere around the University of Chicago.
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Chicago’s South Side To Get Obama Library: Sources
April 30, 2015 5:13 PM

(CBS) – Indications are Chicago’s quest for the Barack Obama presidential library has succeeded.

It’s a major coup for Mayor Rahm Emanuel and, perhaps more importantly, for the South Side, CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.

The final confirmation was implied in a phone call last Friday to Emanuel and state Democratic legislative leaders meeting in his office.

The Obama Presidential Library will rise either in Washington Park at King Drive and Garfield Boulevard or at the other site proposed by the University of Chicago, in Jackson Park, south of the Museum of Science and Industry, near 60th and Stony Island.

The announcement is now planned for the week after next, though it may not specify which site will be chosen.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/04/30/chicagos-south-side-to-get-obama-library-sources/

[hrmjustin]

1. Congratulations!

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2. Thanks!

[mopinko]

3. wonder how long it will take to build it.

they better hurry. if imma be a docent, i aint gettin any younger.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Well, they can't start it until 2017.

I hope they finish it quickly for you. Maybe a year or so?

[sheshe2]

5. So cool, gaot.

~And this library will actually have books in it!

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6. And ones without lots of pictures!

[sheshe2]

14. Yup~

[left-of-center2012]

7. Republicans shocked ...

Republicans shocked it's not going to Kenya.

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. LOL.

[sheshe2]

10. OMG!

DUzy!

You outdid yourself with that comment, loc~

[liberal N proud]

9. I travel through Chicago all the time, can't wait to visit.

There then on to Springfield and Lincoln library and museum which is one of the coolest!

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. I'm ashamed to say I've never been to the Lincoln library.

I hear that it's impressive, though.

[liberal N proud]

12. It is worth going out of your way to see it.

[mopinko]

13. road trip?

whaddya say?

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. Maybe some day.

I have a lot of family stuff coming up soon.

[treestar]

16. Great

I've never been to Chicago, so when I get a chance to visit, that'll be one good thing to see!

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. It's a great boon for Chicago's South Side, whatever the final location.

When you come here, just don't do it in winter.

[Major Hogwash]

18. You could spend an entire week at the Museum of Science and Industry.

It's fascinating.
They have a great website, too.