Like a brutalist architect, Toby Altman is working with unrefined materials. In Discipline Park, his second full-length poetry collection, Altman choreographs a dynamic dance between sentimentality and brutalism by documenting the wounds of architecture—fixating on his birthplace: Chicago’s demolished Prentice Women’s Hospital. “Wagering that concrete or plywood might serve as the entrails of the world,” […]
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Amazon won’t save the Thompson Center, but Nathan Eddy might
The Berlin-based documentary filmmaker hopes to rescue a building in danger of destruction.
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An open letter to the Lucas Museum
Not just pictures: the Lucas Museum design has its own text.
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Meet the city’s new arts initiatives—and add your two cents’ worth
But our mayor is in a category of his own.
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NU names its Prentice-replacement winner
Northwestern University has selected Perkins+Will to design its Prentice Hospital replacement.
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NU puts Prentice replacement proposals on display
Northwestern University has put the finalists in its design competition for a Prentice Hospital building replacement on display for six days, with comment cards.
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The Absent Column documents the battle over Prentice Hospital—but you didn’t see it at CIFF
In a handsome short film, Northwestern graduate Nathan Eddy documents the university’s battle to destroy Bertrand Goldberg’s unique Prentice Hospital.
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Jonathan Fine out at Preservation Chicago
The nonprofit’s executive director since 2001 departs.
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Best Fighters for a Lost Cause
The idea was as improbable as the cloverleaf-shaped building.
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You won’t see this again: Initial stages of Prentice Hospital demolition under way
Northwestern University is preparing Bertrand Goldberg’s Prentice Hospital for demolition; sky bridge coming down Saturday.
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Shh! Chicago’s secret festival plan
Chicago’s planning an architecture festival; they could blow up Goldberg’s Prentice Hospital for the opening.
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The Save Prentice Coalition gives up the fight to preserve Prentice
Say bye-bye to Bertrand Goldberg’s unique hospital building.
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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.