Posted on 09/14/2020 5:20:11 PM PDT by Libloather
The “library” is a Stalinist monstrosity and he wants to plop it down square on the site of the Columbian Exposition, in a historic park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
From whence came Jackson Park, a reminder that history is important? It came out of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, “The World’s Columbian Exposition” (evil Columbus Anniversary). Running from May to October of 1893, it had 27 million visitors with 46 countries participating AND, AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT, it paid off all debts within its run!
Jackson Park was part of the Exhibition grounds which was designed by America’s master landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmstead, and his design was for the area to remain a park after the Exhibition close. In the accepted final design by Olmstead and his son, John Charles Olmstead, it was agreed that Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry Building (Palace of Fine Arts) would be kept as the highest structure on the Michigan Lakefront. Their thought was with that restriction, Jackson Park would remain a pristine experience of nature for future generations within the city.
THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER, at 180 feet, obviously towers over the park and equally obviously violates the original park design. Ah, progress, is it not wonderful!
Ha! There's a Democrat operation in a nutshell!
When Obama was an Illinois Senator he and Bill (step on the American flag) Ayers had gained total control of the distribution of funds from the Annenberg foundation which they passed its millions on to lefty fronts offering courses to Illinois and Chicago schools pushing the what soon would be the BLM agenda. Author and investigative reporter Stanley Kurtz should be asked about this when interviewed about socialist plans for the suburbs. For at that time when Obama was doing this he tried to expose those radical left study programs over a program held by WGN radio but was threatened by protesters who prevented a coherent presentation.
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