Challenges to the Obama Center Might Work This Time – Chicago Magazine

In June, Obama beat a federal lawsuit to stop him from building his Center in Jackson Park. But he and the Obama Foundation didn’t have much time to celebrate: This month, he’s facing a report from the city’s Department of Planning and Development claiming the project will have an “adverse effect” on the park and Midway Plaisance. A year ago, the mayor and the city council would have ignored that report. No longer — Obama doesn’t have that kind of clout anymore.

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