Fun fact: the Obama Library will hold no books, papers, or presidential documents of any kind. All of it has been digitized and will only be accessible on some computer.

In other words, the entire thing could have been replaced with a USB drive. https://t.co/9pfixB3eE8

— Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) August 20, 2025

What on earth is all that space for then?

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And the neighbors don’t like it one bit.

Fox News:

Chicago community leaders and longtime residents say the Obama Presidential Center risks washing away the neighborhood’s fabric, warning that proposed luxury developments tied to the project could price out families who have long called the South Side home, according to a report.

They also say the sprawling 19.3-acre site in historic Jackson Park, with its 225-foot-tall concrete museum, has become an eyesore that disrupts the natural landscape and all locals are getting in return for the unsightly structure is soaring rents and higher tax bills.

“This is a monument to one man’s ego,” Steve Cortes, a longtime Chicagoan and former advisor to President Donald Trump, told the Daily Mail. “Look at the Reagan Library. It’s beautiful. This? There are almost no windows. What are they hiding? And this Brutalist cement look in a city known for its incredible architecture.”

RTWT

All the thing needs is a huge Eye of Sauron on top!