Chicago Park District/Chicago Park Profile

Chicago Park District/Chicago Park

City fights back vs effort to block Obama Center, says plan legally sound, will benefit Jackson Park

By Dan Churney | Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018 @ 11:08pm

The city of Chicago is defending its plan to build the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, against a court challenge, saying the group behind the challenge is on soggy legal ground in seeking an injunction by contending the park was once under Lake Michigan and so is protected from development.
Obama Center opponents say City Hall misled judge over track demolition, tree clearing in Jackson Park

By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Sep 14, 2018 @ 4:42pm

Saying lawyers for the city of Chicago misled a judge, a group opposed to the development of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park have asked a federal judge to slap a hold on any further city work in the park while a lawsuit to block the Obama Center project continues.