The Obama library is coming to Chicago. Will local residents be displaced?

Complex slated for South Side's Jackson Park prompts fears that low-income Black residents will be displacedConstruction of the Obama Presidential Center is expected to begin this fall in Chicago after years of debate over whether the complex will benefit low-income residents of the surrounding neighborhoods.It will be located in Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago - one of the most historically significant parks in the city, and originally designed for the 27 million visitors to the 1893 World's Fair. The roughly $500m Obama Presidential Center (OPC) will feature a museum, playground, public library, and an open plaza. Continue reading...