tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post3845311482926557935..comments2024-03-17T15:59:53.999-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Historic Cook County Hospital soon turns 100 - will it be around to see it?Lynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-83598059676083443562018-12-26T17:58:42.236-06:002018-12-26T17:58:42.236-06:00I'm actually working construction on the eight...I'm actually working construction on the eighth floor as of today and observed the two operating rooms you have pictured above!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-60326065978853888452015-09-22T22:22:49.720-05:002015-09-22T22:22:49.720-05:00How can you put a price tag on history? With our g...How can you put a price tag on history? With our government willing to spend trillions of tax payers dollars to fight oil wars over seas. Why can't they spend trillions of dollars on re-investing in its citizens. Take historic buildings like CCH and turn it into a school?TonyRizohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467505592057929066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-48762856080990299382013-09-07T12:07:36.033-05:002013-09-07T12:07:36.033-05:00For the record, the National Register nomination w...For the record, the National Register nomination was written by me at the direction of my then-employer, Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley--not the National Park Service. Mike and I felt that listing the hospital on the National Register might help break the logjam on the County Board and shift momentum in favor of preserving the building. I think we had some effect--county administration reversed its pro-demolition position in favor of preservation soon thereafter--but it is of course disappointing that little has been accomplished since then.Jason Liechtynoreply@blogger.com