Home LOSS: Bulldozers Begin Clearing Woman’s Garden and 800 Old Growth Trees from Jackson Park for Obama Presidential Center Construction (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021) Video of old growth trees in Jackson Park being cleared for the Obama Presidential Center construction. Approximately 800 old-growth trees are expected to be cut down. Tweet and Video credit: @Lynn Becker

Video of old growth trees in Jackson Park being cleared for the Obama Presidential Center construction. Approximately 800 old-growth trees are expected to be cut down. Tweet and Video credit: @Lynn Becker

Jackson Park Woman’s Garden after the tree cut for the Obama Presidential Center on September 6, 2021. Photo credit: Protect Our Parks

Video of old growth trees in Jackson Park being cleared for the Obama Presidential Center construction. Approximately 800 old-growth trees are expected to be cut down. Tweet and Video credit: @Lynn Becker

Jackson Park Woman’s Garden, 1937, by May McAdams. Photo credit: Eric Allix Rogers

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