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Preservationists, Neighbors “Sickened” by City’s Removal of Trees, Landscaping at Michael Reese Hospital

October 12, 2009
By Felicia Dechter

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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City Officials Discuss “Plan B” for Site of Planned Olympic Village

October 9, 2009
By Sarah Ostman

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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Chicago Waits: One Week Until Olympic Announcement, Site of Potential Olympic Village Set for Demolition

September 25, 2009
By Editor
Chicago Waits: One Week Until Olympic Announcement, Site of Potential Olympic Village Set for Demolition

The countdown is on. In less than a week Chicagoans–and the rest of the world–will know which city will the host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The campus of the Michael Reese Hospital, targeted as a potential Olympic Village should Chicago win the bid, is set for demolition. Some preservationists remain upset, believing that the hospital...
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