Everybody knows, especially at this season of the year, it’s a bad idea to look a gift horse in the mouth. But what if he opens it? What if he flashes you a great big horsey smile? And you just can’t look away fast enough? I’m asking because we got a wonderful gift last week, […]
Tag: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Posted inArts & Culture
Endangered: Chicago’s ‘best’ postmodern building
Endangered: Chicago’s ‘best’ postmodern building
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House may be getting a needed lift
A move to Chicago might be better for Mies van der Rohe’s modernist masterpiece.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Fighters for a Lost Cause
The idea was as improbable as the cloverleaf-shaped building.
Posted inBlogs
Prentice suit amended, but not as judge intended?
Prentice preservationists aren’t giving up; they filed an amended lawsuit this week.
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The landmarks commission stages a Prentice do-over, with the same result
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks votes again to dump protection for Bertrand Goldberg’s Prentice Hospital.
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Groundhog Day: Landmarks Commission will vote on Prentice
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks plans a do-over on its vote to rescind landmark status for Prentice Hospital.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
“Whose idea was this?”
A judge’s dismissal of the Prentice preservationists’ case leaves a window open.
Posted inBlogs
Judge: One month for another try at saving Goldberg’s Prentice Hospital
A Cook County judge gives preservationists until February 15 to revise a lawsuit aimed at saving Bertrand Goldberg’s Prentice Hospital from imminent destruction
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Court date set in battle to save Prentice: January 11
The battle to save Prentice finally has a day in court
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Preservationists sue, win temporary protection for Goldberg’s Prentice Hospital
Preservationists sue Chicago Landmarks Commission over its Prentice Hospital vote, and win temporary protection for the building
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More famous architects call for Prentice preservation; NU continues to press phony ultimatum
More Pritzker Prize-winning architects join the call to save Bertrand Goldberg’s Prentice Hospital; Commission on Landmarks gets agenda request for September 6