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Obama Presidential Center, designed as hub of civic life, celebrated in Chicago

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Obama Presidential Center, designed as hub of civic life, celebrated in Chicago

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Four former U.S. presidents led a crowd of thousands on Thursday in a music-filled dedication of the Obama Presidential Center, a sprawling Chicago campus of granite, nature and art designed as a hub of civic life and culture honoring the 44th president of the United States.

The occasion marked the ceremonial opening of an $850 million landmark development that ranks as the greatest single investment in a century for Chicago's long-neglected South Side.