Obama Library Opening Today

[Rambone]

On the bright side, unlike Trumpy, he actually has star artists showing up to perform for it.

Shots fired at Kid Rock!

[mphgrove]

On the bright side, unlike Trumpy, he actually has star artists showing up to perform for it.

And annual attendance projected at one million and now totally sold out as far out as you can see. Reagan’s, my other favorite Presidential Library (Simi Valley, CA) is at about half that. No coincidence that those two have been our most upbeat and hopeful presidents, unlike what we are dealing with at present. Have not decided on the design, will decide in September when I visit.

What papers will Trump keep on file for his embarrassing library? Epstein paperwork?

[mphgrove]

Shots fired at Kid Rock!

Kid Rock has been totally a solo act, poor thing as they say.

[Van_Bilderass]

To think someone actually looked at the designs of that shapeless, concrete monstrosity and still signed it off to be constructed.

This style has been very popular in some places. Some feel it's straight up immoral LOL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture

I feel bad just looking at those buildings. Getbiggers, if you aren't familiar with this style and name and you click the link, let me know what you think about it.

EDIT. You know me, I just had to google this LOL. Oh wow. Suspicions confirmed, again.

AI Overview               

The intersection of Brutalist architecture and the Jewish experience spans the profound work of mid-century émigré architects, powerful Holocaust memorials, and modern cinematic explorations. Several Jewish architects pioneered the Brutalist movement, utilizing exposed concrete and geometric forms to express monumentality, memory, and resilience.

"The Brutalist" (2024–2025 Film): Brutalist architecture has also served as a deep metaphor for the Jewish immigrant and Holocaust-survivor experience. The acclaimed film The Brutalist features a fictional Hungarian-Jewish architect named László Tóth who pours his post-war trauma into designing an immense community center in the United States. The character is a composite of real-life architects like Breuer and Goldfinger, reflecting how the psychological weight of survival was poured into concrete structures.

[Coach is Back!]

Designed by Stevie Wonder
Architecture by Ray Charles forwarded by Hellen Keller

5 years over completion (was supposed to be in 2021)

Well over $300 million over budget

Owed millions to unpaid contractors

Some contractors went into bankruptcy for this communist looking monstrosity

$30 to enter

Another failed Dem project

[funk51]

And annual attendance projected at one million and now totally sold out as far out as you can see. Reagan’s, my other favorite Presidential Library (Simi Valley, CA) is at about half that. No coincidence that those two have been our most upbeat and hopeful presidents, unlike what we are dealing with at present. Have not decided on the design, will decide in September when I visit.

What papers will Trump keep on file for his embarrassing library? Epstein paperwork?

   

     

               come on trump is very popular with Iranians. 300 billion of our tax money buys lots of friends. add another 14 million more tax dollars wasted by Blob the Builder on his swimming pool. this is really getting expensive. what will be the final cost of our great big beautiful ballroom ?  At least he makes the dumocrats cry, Right ?

[Coach is Back!]

   

     

               come on trump is very popular with Iranians. 300 billion of our tax money buys lots of friends. add another 14 million more tax dollars wasted by Blob the Builder on his swimming pool. this is really getting expensive. what will be the final cost of our great big beautiful ballroom ?

Are you going to fuck up this thread too?

[Van_Bilderass]

communist looking monstrosity

Another failed Dem project

Let's just call it what it is, Jewish.

[funk51]

Are you going to fuck up this thread too?

   No, you already did that, I guess obama is still making trumptards shed tears. Last I checked this is America, you post what you want, I don't care and I'll post what I want. HOW about that.

[Coach is Back!]

   No, you already did that, I guess obama is still making trumptards shed tears. Last I checked this is America, you post what you want, I don't care and I'll post what I want. HOW about that.

And wind up getting your ass banned like before.

[funk51]

And wind up getting your ass banned like before.

   Oh,  so you're the one who begged to have it done. No big surprise there. Hey I never threatened or complained or begged to have someone banned. SHEEEESHHH does my posts bother you that much.  I'll try to take it easy in the future I don't want to upset you.

[mphgrove]

Have only been to a few of the Libraries but here’s my take:

Obama (Chicago) visit upcoming - this will be a winner but the at Star Wars architecture will remain controversial (George Lucas and wife were at opening by the way).
 
Reagan (Los Angeles, Simi Valley) - a winner. Goosebumps all over the place. “Mr Gorbachev tear down this wall!”

Nixon (Yorba Linda, CA) - a sleeper, much better than I expected. Distance gives some perspective to his accomplishments, and they did not gloss over the rough stuff too badly.

Geoge W. Bush (Dallas) - DULL, and speaking of architecture boring neo- colonial SMU campus blend-in.

Has anybody been to Kennedy (Boston) or Clinton (Arkansas)? Want to see those two.

[BB]

This style has been very popular in some places. Some feel it's straight up immoral LOL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture

I feel bad just looking at those buildings. Getbiggers, if you aren't familiar with this style and name and you click the link, let me know what you think about it.

EDIT. You know me, I just had to google this LOL. Oh wow. Suspicions confirmed, again.

Very popular in NY in the 60s, 70s. I've always hated it. They're trying to put a kinder face on it now, but it was long considered - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_architecture . They also used it in a lot of government buildings, as it conveyed that it was a serious place, and made visitors want to leave after their business, rather than staying, and using up resources.

[Coach is Back!]

   Oh,  so you're the one who begged to have it done. No big surprise there. Hey I never threatened or complained or begged to have someone banned. SHEEEESHHH does my posts bother you that much.  I'll try to take it easy in the future I don't want to upset you.

Nope. Not my style. Your dumb ass did it to yourself

[Coach is Back!]

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[mphgrove]

The Trump Building is outstanding. Sleek and classy and folds well into the overall skyline It’s just the big print on it that gets to lots of Chicagoans.

[LurkerNoMore]

Of course, they are lefties and probably queer.

And actually relevant, award winning, and with the times. 

[LurkerNoMore]

Designed by Stevie Wonder
Architecture by Ray Charles forwarded by Hellen Keller

5 years over completion (was supposed to be in 2021)

Well over $300 million over budget

Owed millions to unpaid contractors

Some contractors went into bankruptcy for this communist looking monstrosity

$30 to enter

Another failed Dem project

They have a handicap service so your short ass won’t have to deal with the stairs. 

[IroNat]

Can I get a library card to take out books?

[mphgrove]

Can I get a library card to take out books?

According to Coach, if you are a card carrying communist, yes at Obama.

[Palumboism]

The words are from a 2015 speech given by President Barack Obama that marked the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, marches, according to an explanation from Dr. Louise Bernard, Director of the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center, on the center's website.

The quote reads: “You are America. Unconstrained by habit and convention. Unencumbered by what is, ready to seize what ought to be. For everywhere in this country, there are first steps to be taken, there is new ground to cover, there are more bridges to be crossed. America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone. Oh, what a glorious task we are given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours.”


https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-do-the-words-on-the-outside-of-the-obama-center-say-what-to-know/3949619/