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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
You've gotta love how they paint this picture of the entire project almost in a biblical manner being "built on sinking sand", and not in fact an extremely common geological challenge with simple engineering solutions, and then use that as a metaphor for purported financial doom, gloom and doubt. Thanks for the hit piece Rupert.
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There is nothing, engineering-wise, with OPC that wasn't successfully solved 20 years ago when MSI built their colossal underground garage and U-505 gallery. This is a solvable problem.
In the case of OPC, I think all the archives and artifacts will be stored above-grade (hence the big windowless tower) and the basement levels are just parking and meeting rooms/classroom spaces. It will be costly if they flood, but not the end of the world.
I have no idea about the Obama Foundation's fundraising, but you gotta consider the source here. Epstein and Rachlis have been fighting the project for years on behalf of NIMBYs and they are publishing in a right-wing paper with no love for Obama or Chicago. You can't separate out the bias here. I will believe the Obama Foundation has a financial problem when I see a neutral/independent 3rd party raise a red flag.