Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Chicago Set to Destroy Gropius Buildings

On Facebook this morning we learned from the Gropius in Chicago Coalition that Chicago is moving forward with the demolition of the Michael Reese Medical Center. This will make the city of Chicago, and those running it, the single largest destroyer of Walter Gropius buildings in human history.

Read the article here:
http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/10/22/alert-demolition-to-begin-immediately-7-of-8-gropius-buildin.html

They are set to build a new "mixed income neighborhood".

Maybe they could build a something to compliment the on hold Chicago Spire (a giant Wee Wee).