Gropius in Chicago Coalition Newshttp://www.savemrh.com/news/The latest updates concerning the activities of the Gropius in Chicago Coalitionen-US2010-03-12T18:48:37ZSquarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)IHSAC VOTE UNANIMOUS: REESE BELONGS ON NATIONAL REGISTERhttp://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/12/4/ihsac-vote-unanimous-reese-belongs-on-national-register.htmlGropius in Chicago Coalition2009-12-05T05:25:00ZGovernment Agencies Media Coverage Outside Organizations SupportToday, the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council (IHSAC) voted unanimously in a roll-call vote to support our nomination of the Michael Reese Hospital Campus to the National Register of Historic Places.
]]>ALERT: Demolition Begins on Gropius's Power Planthttp://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/23/alert-demolition-begins-on-gropiuss-power-plant.htmlGropius in Chicago Coalition2009-11-24T03:33:59ZAlerts Destruction
With profound regret, we inform you that the Michael Reese Hospital Power Plant is now being demolished. Alas, there will be no equivalent of the Tate Modern in Chicago as many had hoped. Instead, more of the same: Destruction and visionless waste.
]]>Max Eternity on Destroying Walter Gropius for the Bauhaus's 90th Anniversaryhttp://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/21/max-eternity-on-destroying-walter-gropius-for-the-bauhauss-9.htmlGropius in Chicago Coalition2009-11-21T17:04:00ZOutside Organizations SupportArt Digital Magazine, has written a piece about Chicago’s harebrained Michael Reese Hospital Demolition.
]]>ALERT: Demolition Begins on Gropius's Serum Centerhttp://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/16/alert-demolition-begins-on-gropiuss-serum-center.htmlGropius in Chicago Coalition2009-11-17T03:35:25ZAlerts Destruction
Demolition of the the Michael Reese Hospital Serum Center, alternately known as the Levinson Building and Michael Reese Research Foundation, commenced today, November 16th. One of the South Side’s most important buildings, the Gropius in Chicago Coalition is appalled and ashamed to report this disgraceful act of cultural robbery.
]]>Long Letter from Jim Peters of Landmarks Illinois in Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/16/long-letter-from-jim-peters-of-landmarks-illinois-in-chicago.htmlGropius in Chicago Coalition2009-11-17T03:24:34ZOutside Organizations SupportLandmarks Illinois, appeared today in the Chicago Sun-Times.
]]>David Roeder: A Letter to Mayor Daley in the Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/11/david-roeder-a-letter-to-mayor-daley-in-the-chicago-sun-time.htmlGropius in Chicago Coalition2009-11-12T01:50:23ZMedia Coverage SupportChicago Sun-Times business columnist and commercial real estate expert David Roeder today has published a “letter” to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley as a part of his weekly column.
]]>ALERT: GROPIUS-DESIGNED LAUNDRY BUILDING DEMOLISHEDhttp://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/10/alert-gropius-designed-laundry-building-demolished.htmlGropius in Chicago Coalition2009-11-10T15:40:24ZAlerts Destruction
Chicago has destroyed a second work of Walter Gropius, the incredible Michael Reese Hospital Laundry Building. Yet again, Chicago has committed a disgraceful act of profound cultural negligence and unimaginative wastefulness.
]]>Landmarks Commission Rejects Revised National Register Nomination; Coverage in Tribune, Sun-Timeshttp://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/7/landmarks-commission-rejects-revised-national-register-nomin.htmlGropius in Chicago Coalition2009-11-07T19:22:48ZChicago Official Government Agencies Media CoverageAs expected, Chicago’s Landmarks Commission voted last Thursday 5 to 3 to reject the Gropius in Chicago Coalition’s nomination of the Michael Reese Hospital Campus to the National Register of Historic Places. The vote came after preservationists argued passionately for retention of the campus and City Landmarks Staffers presented a laundry list of contrived objections to the Nomination.
]]>News Coverage Update: A Sampling from Around the World (TreeHugger, ArchitectureWeek, Archinect...)http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/7/news-coverage-update-a-sampling-from-around-the-world-treehu.htmlGropius in Chicago Coalition2009-11-07T16:05:34ZMedia Coverage Outside Organizations SupportALERT: Demolition begins on Gropius's Laundry Buildinghttp://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/3/alert-demolition-begins-on-gropiuss-laundry-building.htmlGropius in Chicago Coalition2009-11-04T01:55:08ZAlerts DestructionLaundry building. The incredible building was the first design Walter Gropius worked on to be erected in the state of Illinois, finishing work in 1948-1949. The Gropius in Chicago Coalition mourns this completely unacceptable and tragic loss.
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