Sharon K. Jackson was looking out her eighth floor window at the Prairie Shores apartments in Bronzeville when she noticed something different about the former Michael Reese Hospital site next door.
“I couldn’t figure out what it was,” said Jackson. “All of the sudden it looked like a slum. Then I realized trees were gone....
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Preservationists, Neighbors “Sickened” by City’s Removal of Trees, Landscaping at Michael Reese Hospital
City Officials Discuss “Plan B” for Site of Planned Olympic Village
As they pick up the pieces of their dashed Olympic dreams, city officials this week are hashing out a “plan B” for a piece of land on the Near South Side that they once hoped would be home to a bustling Olympic Village.
The home of the now-shuttered Michael Reese Hospital campus, located on prime...
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Aldermen Make Financial Pledge, Taxpayers Could Pay for Olympics
The Chicago City Council on Wednesday unanimously voted for a measure that saddles taxpayers with the bill if the 2016 Olympic Games lose money.
The law authorizes Mayor Richard Daley to sign off on a contract that puts full financial liability for the Games on the city should Chicago next month be named the host...
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