Supporters of Our Effort In addition to the letters below, please view the GCC’s growing list of Supporting Organizations. We invite you to add your party’s name to our list of supporters.         A Case for Preservation Our concise, two-page flyer quickly presents the facts of why Michael Reese Hospital is important, and how it in fact Supports Chicago’s Olympic Bid. Please distribute freely!

Letters of Support

Many prominent parties have spoken out in favor of preserving Michael Reese Hospital or for consideration of alternate plans. Below, you can read a selection of these letters, which frequently are duplicates of statements sent to the City of Chicago, the Chicago 2016 Olympic Committee, or other public officials.

We encourage you to add your voice to the broad chorus that has already spoken in favor of Michael Reese Hospital.  Your support is valued and essential to the future of the campus.  Please contribute to the cause either by drafting a letter to public officials that can appear below, by joining the Gropius in Chicago Coalition as a Supporting Organization, or both.

Jointly Written Support Letters

A Letter to Chicago’s Mayor Daley, Written Jointly by Concerned Citizens and Organizations (968 kB, 2 pages)

Single-Party Support Letters

American Institute of Architects - Chicago Chapter (34 kB)		Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond (53 kB)		DOCOMOMO_Deutschland (22 kB)
John Pardey Architects (137 kB, two pages)		The National Trust for Historic Preservation (29 kB)		Preservation Chicago (171 kB)
Preservation Research Office (136 kB)		Recent Past Preservation Network (78 kB, two pages)		The Cultural Landscape Foundation (256 kB, two pages)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (228 kB)