The Obama Library Is Ugly for a Reason
Posted By: Hazymac, 12/26/2025 10:15:05 AM
I've written before about the problems with the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. In October, people mocked Barack Obama's post about the library. Obama said it would be a "hub for change" for people to "get inspired." The pomposity of it all. (X) (X) Like everything having to do with Obama, it started at one price — $500 million — but then the cost of it ballooned. Now it's at $830 million. Sounds like the Affordable Care Act that was never affordable. As I noted, it has to be one of the ugliest buildings I've ever seen. It reminds me of the dismal gray buildings of the Soviet Union
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