Obama's presidential library will be
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[May 01, 2015]
(Reuters) - Barack Obama's
presidential library will be built in his hometown of Chicago, beating
out proposals by New York City and Hawaii to host the facility,
according to U.S. media reports on Thursday.
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A proposal from the University of Chicago, where Obama was a law
professor and near where he has a home on the city's South Side, is
expected to be chosen by his foundation, NBC News said. Reuters
could not immediately confirm the report.
Obama grew up in Hawaii and attended Columbia University in New York
as an undergraduate.
In March, Chicago City Council, hoping to boost the chances of
landing the library, unanimously approved the use of land in two
parks near the president's home.
The land is near the University of Chicago and would be transferred
if the school's bid for the presidential library is accepted. Obama
taught at the university before his election to the U.S. Senate in
2004.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/May/01/images/ads/current/Matthews_construction_sda_042414.png) The University of Illinois at Chicago also had a proposal for the
library, which did not require a land transfer.
It was not immediately clear which University of Chicago parcel had
been chosen by the foundation, although the local ABC affiliate,
WLS-TV, reported it would be built on the South Side of the city
near the university.
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Obama, a Democrat, is due to leave office in January 2017 after two
terms in the White House. His supporters launched the foundation in
January 2014 to plan the library's construction.
Representatives for the foundation and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Obama's
former chief of staff, could not be reached for comment on Thursday
evening.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Editing by Eric Beech and
Peter Cooney)
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