Barack Obama’s Presidential Library Hits a Major Roadblock

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More than three years after he left the White House, Barack Obama’s Presidential Center has hit another roadblock on its long path to construction. Approval for the center—which is set in Chicago’s leafy Jackson Park and slated to cost some $500 million—is facing a new delay following a demand by the Illinois State Historic Preservation Office (HPO) for “additional design reviews.” The reviews come as part of the Federal Highway Administration’s larger approval process, which is nearing its end.

The HPO is a relatively little-known state agency whose purview, reports public television channel WTTW, includes evaluating construction projects that may impact “cultural resources” in the state of Illinois. The HPO’s main concern is the center’s potential impact on Jackson Park itself, a verdant 500-acre expanse which debuted in 1893 for Chicago’s now legendary World’s Fair and was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who’s also responsible for Central Park in New York City.

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