By sheer coincidence, Chicago's most high-profile cultural endeavors made front-page headlines in the past 10 days — the Lucas Museum for bolting to a still-to-be-named city in California, the Obama Presidential Center by choosing New York's Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects from a stellar field of seven designers. The sharply drawn contrasts between the two projects spelled out the promise of the Obama venture and the painful lessons that should be learned from the Lucas debacle.
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