EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Chicago residents criticize the Obama Presidential Center over illegible architectural inscriptions and rising neighborhood gentrification pressures.
Recent updates to the Obama Presidential Center have drawn criticismfrom some residents following the release of new renderings and details about the project’s design and construction plans. The Obama Foundation unveiled revised renderings this week intended to show how the center’s exterior and surrounding space will look once completed.
But the unusual design of former President Barack Obama’s new presidential center in Chicago is facing fresh criticism, this time due to complaints that a newly added inscription on the building is nearly illegible.