Obama Library Plans Are Revealed And They're ... Weird Just Weird
Michelle Obama
There will be a museum  of course  but also a basketball court  maybe a room for yoga classes  and a "test kitchen" to teach visitors “about the full production cycle of nutritious food" (likely pushed by  former first lady Michelle Obama   whose signature issue during  her  tenure was a campaign for healthy eating).
There were details that offered hints about where things have gone since we saw the initial plans for a three-building complex — an obelisklike tower housing a museum  a forum building and what could be a small branch of the Chicago Public Library — in Jackson Park’s northwest corner. The tower’s top floor could be a space for reflection  free and open to the public  with views of Lake Michigan and the surrounding city  including the Collegiate Gothic spires of the University of Chicago. The museum itself  a multilevel facility with exhibition spaces lodged in the tower’s midsection  would be open only to visitors who buy tickets. Obama  the architects said  wants an outdoor plaza framed by the three buildings to be able to host food trucks. A fourth building south of the main cluster  an athletic center  would house facilities including a basketball court where the former president could shoot hoops. A display board showed pictures suggesting the center could also include a dance studio and a room for yoga classes. The athletic center  according to the display board  “will offer visitors opportunities to enjoy neighborhood athletic activities.” Other display boards pictured a recording studio in the forum building that would provide “a place of creative expression” for the center’s visitors; an outdoor garden that would pay homage to Michelle Obama’s White House garden; and a test kitchen that would teach visitors “about the full production cycle of nutritious food” — a prominent cause for the former first lady.
My problem isn’t the design  though the centerpiece is a tower  heavy around the midsection and tapering to a narrow top and bottom. To me  it evokes a soft-boiled egg in a giant eggcup. What brought me up short was a space in the adjoining Forum building labeled “test kitchen.” Presumably that reflects  Michelle Obama ’s war on junk food. The museum’s champions similarly suggest it could host yoga classes. President Obama  is that how you want to be remembered? As the healthy-eating and meditation-advocating president?
We guess so. It's all a bit weird  but maybe that's a perfect way to memorialize  Obama .
There will be a museum  of course  but also a basketball court  maybe a room for yoga classes  and a "test kitchen" to teach visitors “about the full production cycle of nutritious food" (likely pushed by  former first lady Michelle Obama   whose signature issue during  her  tenure was a campaign for healthy eating).
There were details that offered hints about where things have gone since we saw the initial plans for a three-building complex — an obelisklike tower housing a museum  a forum building and what could be a small branch of the Chicago Public Library — in Jackson Park’s northwest corner. The tower’s top floor could be a space for reflection  free and open to the public  with views of Lake Michigan and the surrounding city  including the Collegiate Gothic spires of the University of Chicago. The museum itself  a multilevel facility with exhibition spaces lodged in the tower’s midsection  would be open only to visitors who buy tickets. Obama  the architects said  wants an outdoor plaza framed by the three buildings to be able to host food trucks. A fourth building south of the main cluster  an athletic center  would house facilities including a basketball court where the former president could shoot hoops. A display board showed pictures suggesting the center could also include a dance studio and a room for yoga classes. The athletic center  according to the display board  “will offer visitors opportunities to enjoy neighborhood athletic activities.” Other display boards pictured a recording studio in the forum building that would provide “a place of creative expression” for the center’s visitors; an outdoor garden that would pay homage to Michelle Obama’s White House garden; and a test kitchen that would teach visitors “about the full production cycle of nutritious food” — a prominent cause for the former first lady.
My problem isn’t the design  though the centerpiece is a tower  heavy around the midsection and tapering to a narrow top and bottom. To me  it evokes a soft-boiled egg in a giant eggcup. What brought me up short was a space in the adjoining Forum building labeled “test kitchen.” Presumably that reflects  [TGT] ’s war on junk food. The museum’s champions similarly suggest it could host yoga classes. [TGT]is that how you want to be remembered? As the healthy-eating and meditation-advocating president?
We guess so. It's all a bit weird  but maybe that's a perfect way to memorialize  [TGT] .