Local group files suit to stop Obama presidential library from being built in Chicago park

Dave Harmon, PW editor
Apr 16, 2021
1 min read

WOODLAWN — Nonprofit Protect Our Parks and several residents who live near the planned Obama Presidential Center site have filed another lawsuit seeking to stop the center’s construction in Jackson Park.

The complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court alleges environmental, land use and historic preservation reviews did not follow federal regulations.

https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/04/14/protect-our-parks-files-new-lawsuit-seeking-to-stop-obama-centers-construction-in-jackson-park/

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