Preservationists trying to save the former Prentice Women's Hospital have a new tactic: the bottom line. They say re-using the building will generate more revenue and jobs.
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Lee Bey says a proposed plan by a New York Times architecture critic to save the shuttered Prentice hospital falls flat as an architectural concept — but could have real unintended merit.
Northwestern University has offered to swap Bertrand Goldberg's 1975 Prentice Women's Hospital with a building "the aesthetics of such that people are going to marvel at it."
More than 60 architects, educators and historic preservationists are betting their famous names might help prevent demolition of the old Prentice Women’s Hospital.
Chicago's old Prentice Women's Hospital has been named one of the most endangered historic places in America.The National Trust for Historic Preservation selected the clover leaf-shaped building in light of Northwestern University's plans to demolish it.
