http://www.savemrh.com/news/The latest updates concerning the activities of the Gropius in Chicago CoalitionSun, 06 Dec 2009 19:43:33 +0000Copyright © Gropius in Chicago Coalition, 2009. All rights reserved.en-USSquarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Government AgenciesMedia CoverageOutside OrganizationsSupportGropius in Chicago CoalitionSat, 05 Dec 2009 05:25:00 +0000http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/12/4/ihsac-vote-unanimous-reese-belongs-on-national-register.html311746:3242400:6002851Today, 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.   ]]>http://www.savemrh.com/news/rss-comments-entry-6002851.xmlAlertsDestructionGropius in Chicago CoalitionTue, 24 Nov 2009 03:33:59 +0000http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/23/alert-demolition-begins-on-gropiuss-power-plant.html311746:3242400:5897037With 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. ]]>http://www.savemrh.com/news/rss-comments-entry-5897037.xmlOutside OrganizationsSupportGropius in Chicago CoalitionSat, 21 Nov 2009 17:04:00 +0000http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/21/max-eternity-on-destroying-walter-gropius-for-the-bauhauss-9.html311746:3242400:5897213Art Digital Magazine, has written a piece about Chicago’s harebrained Michael Reese Hospital Demolition. ]]>http://www.savemrh.com/news/rss-comments-entry-5897213.xmlAlertsDestructionGropius in Chicago CoalitionTue, 17 Nov 2009 03:35:25 +0000http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/16/alert-demolition-begins-on-gropiuss-serum-center.html311746:3242400:5825653Demolition 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. ]]>http://www.savemrh.com/news/rss-comments-entry-5825653.xmlOutside OrganizationsSupportGropius in Chicago CoalitionTue, 17 Nov 2009 03:24:34 +0000http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/16/long-letter-from-jim-peters-of-landmarks-illinois-in-chicago.html311746:3242400:5825464Landmarks Illinois, appeared today in the Chicago Sun-Times. ]]>http://www.savemrh.com/news/rss-comments-entry-5825464.xmlMedia CoverageSupportGropius in Chicago CoalitionThu, 12 Nov 2009 01:50:23 +0000http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/11/david-roeder-a-letter-to-mayor-daley-in-the-chicago-sun-time.html311746:3242400:5770447Chicago 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. ]]>http://www.savemrh.com/news/rss-comments-entry-5770447.xmlAlertsDestructionGropius in Chicago CoalitionTue, 10 Nov 2009 15:40:24 +0000http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/10/alert-gropius-designed-laundry-building-demolished.html311746:3242400:5753478Chicago 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.  ]]>http://www.savemrh.com/news/rss-comments-entry-5753478.xmlChicago OfficialGovernment AgenciesMedia CoverageGropius in Chicago CoalitionSat, 07 Nov 2009 19:22:48 +0000http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/7/landmarks-commission-rejects-revised-national-register-nomin.html311746:3242400:5731720As 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. ]]>http://www.savemrh.com/news/rss-comments-entry-5731720.xmlMedia CoverageOutside OrganizationsSupportGropius in Chicago CoalitionSat, 07 Nov 2009 16:05:34 +0000http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/7/news-coverage-update-a-sampling-from-around-the-world-treehu.html311746:3242400:5730028http://www.savemrh.com/news/rss-comments-entry-5730028.xmlAlertsDestructionGropius in Chicago CoalitionWed, 04 Nov 2009 01:55:08 +0000http://www.savemrh.com/news/2009/11/3/alert-demolition-begins-on-gropiuss-laundry-building.html311746:3242400:5690498Laundry 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. ]]>http://www.savemrh.com/news/rss-comments-entry-5690498.xml