Obama Presidential Centre opens in Chicago as most expensive presidential library in history
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The Economist
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The article critically examines the newly opened Obama Presidential Centre in Chicago's South Side, describing its Brutalist architectural style as imposing and Soviet-like. It notes the $850 million cost makes it the most expensive presidential library in history, and frames it as a self-monument by Barack Obama, following a pattern of presidents building monuments to themselves.
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Opening to the public on June 19th after years of construction and a cost of around $850m, it boasts the dubious distinction of being the most expensive presidential library in history.
Eight storeys of concrete covered in granite loom over other granite buildings on a granite plaza: grey, grey and more grey.
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