The fundraising total is expected to increase even more in future years in order to cover the expected $500 million cost of the Obama Presidential Center.
The hotel, which will be named “The Study at the University of Chicago,” will include a 1,500-square-foot fitness center, 2,200 square feet of meeting rooms, and an 85-seat restaurant and bar.
The designs revealed a campus that includes a museum, a forum, and a library. Obama intends to open up the museum's top floor so that “kids can have access to the view, and see for themselves the beauty of Jackson Park and the neighborhood.”
President Obama stopped by Valois restaurant for an interview with Lester Holt from NBC news on January 10th, shortly before his farewell address. The Hyde Park community lined the street in expectation.
The 70th Annual Latke-Hamantash took place on November 22nd. This humorous debate pits the Latke - a Jewish potato pancake traditionally eaten on the holiday Hanukkah -- against the hamentash -- a triangular cookie eaten on the holiday of Purim.
Mark Phillip Bradley discussed his new book, "The World Reimagined: Americans and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century.”
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