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Architecture and Urbanism, Washington Park No Comments »

6,900 DOOMS DAY C.T.A STRIKE !

Bizarre sign at the eastbound #55 bus stop at the Red Line:

6,900 DOOMS DAY C.T.A STRIKE !

Free copy of our latest issue to anyone with a plausible guess for what this means.

Chicago is no friend of Gropius

Architecture and Urbanism, Bronzeville No Comments »
(courtesy Grahm M. Balkany / Gropius in Chicago Coalition)

(Grahm M. Balkany / Gropius in Chicago Coalition)

The City of Chicago finished demolition on its first building designed by renowned architect and founder of the Bauhaus movement Walter Gropius on the Michael Reese Hospital campus, the Gropius in Chicago Coalition is reporting. The Friend Convalescent Home, one of eight buildings on the Michael Reese campus designed in part by Gropius, was bulldozed this week in spite of the outcry from Gropius fans and preservationists. Architecture critic Lynn Becker, for one, is furious. The site was originally selected for the Olympic Village, but of course, the IOC had other plans. Now, after a quashed proposal for a casino, there are rumors of some sort of housing complex being built on the site, but no actual plan or developer. So why tear everything down? Becker has an idea: Read the rest of this entry »