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Imagine classic pre-war German Bauhaus architecture gracing Chicago's shuttered Michael Reese Hospital campus? Will the Daley Administration unleash the bulldozers before historic preservationist makes its demolition verboten?
Will Daley Respect Reese Hospital Architecture?
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People: Molly Sullivan | Walter Gropius
Organizations: Daley administration | Department of Community Development | Friend Convalescent Hospital | Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council | Michael Reese Hospital
Companies: The Tribune
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One of the biggest obstacles facing historic preservationists is asbestos abatement such as that encountered in the conversion of Chicago South Side Taylor Street neighborhood Mother Cabrini Hospital to condominiums back in the early 1990's. More than few of the new residents recall family members being born @ Mother Cabrini Hospital. Such may also be the case if Michael Reese hospital follows a similar conversion path.
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