Chicago Resident Says Obama Center Construction Flooded Apartment Twice on 19.3-Acre Site
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 22
Chicago Resident Says Obama Center Construction Flooded Apartment Twice on 19.3-Acre Site
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 22
Summary
Akoma Amanze, an 18-year resident of Jackson Park Terrace across from the Barack Obama Presidential Center, said construction flooded his apartment twice and forced him to throw away clothes, papers and other belongings.
The disruption began after work on the center started in 2021, he said, with deep excavation also shaking his bed and apartment throughout the years-long project.
Amanze said he cleaned up the flooding himself and received no financial or other help from either his housing complex management or representatives of the Obama Center.
The 19.3-acre campus has now opened to large crowds, replacing a park Amanze said he once used to raise his children, though he said he still supports Obama and views the project as part of neighborhood history.