Obama鈥檚 presidential library gets south Chicago address
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US President Barack Obama announced yesterday that he had chosen Chicago鈥檚 troubled south side as the location for his presidential library.
In a video message, Obama indicated he wanted the facility to be built in the area where he earned his chops as a community organizer, and where unemployment and underdevelopment remain major problems.
鈥淲ith a library and a foundation on the south side of Chicago, not only will we be able to encourage and affect change locally,鈥 Obama said. 鈥淏ut what we can also do is to attract the world to Chicago.鈥
Four sites had been shortlisted for the project, two in Chicago, one at New York鈥檚 Columbia University and another in Obama鈥檚 home state of Hawaii.
Chicago was long the front runner.
According to organizers of the bid, the project could be worth US$600 million during construction and later bring US$200 million to the city, including 1,900 jobs and 800,000 visitors each year.
鈥淚 am thrilled to put this resource in the heart of the neighborhood that means the world to me,鈥 said Mrs Obama, who was born in the city. 鈥淓very value, every memory, every important relationship to me exists in Chicago. I consider myself a south sider.鈥
The couple were married in Chicago, both Sasha and Malia Obama were born there and it was in the 鈥淲indy City鈥 that the family ushered in Obama鈥檚 election victory in 2008.
Since the era of Franklin Roosevelt, presidential libraries have contained papers from the subject鈥檚 time in office that are vital for historians and researchers.
But they also serve as a monument and museum that helps craft public perceptions long after the brick bats of daily political battles have passed.
Obama鈥檚 library will also play home to a foundation that the president and first lady are expected to be deeply involved in 2017 when they leave the White House.
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