Inside and around the Obama Presidential Center as it rises: Construction of the $800 million museum campus is about halfway done and due to be completed by fall 2025.

During the tour, Lori Healey, executive vice president of the sponsoring Obama Foundation and executive project manager of the construction job, emphasized particular points about the construction process. It's still far too early to tell whether it indeed will be a transformative project, one that will raise Chicago's profile and change the direction of a big chunk of the South Side for better - or, according to a few critics, for worse. [Extracted from the article]