Chicago presses on with demolition works, despite failing to win Olympic bid.
Despite its failure to secure the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Chicago is pressing on with the demolition of the empty Michael Reese Hospital, the area once earmarked for an athletes’ village.
However, the demolition is not without its opponents. The site features eight buildings designed by Bauhaus pioneer Walter Gropius
Only one of the Gropius-designed blocks on the 29-building campus has managed to win a temporary reprieve; the 1950 Singer Pavilion which local authorities have singled out as a ‘potential candidate for redevelopment’.
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