If you haven't ever seen Prentice Women's Hospital, the Modernist concrete structure that opened in Chicago in 1975, you can head to the Windy City -- or visit SavingPlaces.org, the new National Trust website about America's National Treasures.
There you'll discover that Prentice is much-loved and much-admired, but threatened with demolition by Northwestern University -- which is why the Trust is battling to save it alongside an impressive list of world-famous architects and Chicago-area preservation groups.
This week Paul Goldberger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic (and National Trust board member since 2005) penned a blog post for Vanity Fair magazine where he serves as a contributing editor. His post brilliantly captures Prentice's significance, and underscores the case for saving the innovative cloverleaf hospital.
Read it here: Paul Goldberger on the Fight to Save Chicago's Prentice Hospital.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately funded non-profit organization, works to save America's historic places.
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Vanity Fair: Paul Goldberger on the Fight to Save Chicago’s Prentice Hospital « Speaking Vintage…
August 15, 2012
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T Edelstein
August 16, 2012
I wish to sign the petition to Save Prentice Hospital in Chicago. This Landmark building should be saved.
felix kos
August 16, 2012
Prentiss is just the tip of the iceberg in what will be a commercial demolition derby of existing buildings that are debt-riddled hulks of a bygone-era. The next five years will see all commercial buildings in the 45-50 year age group come down in a hailstorm of new development. Raise your glass to the new and improved … preservation is DEAD!
James Martin
August 24, 2012
Felix,
Sorry to spoil you glee but nothing could be further from the truth. The preservation movement is stronger now than it has ever been.
Add this the dawning reality that reuse of building is simply the most ecological option in building. We can no longer afford to bulldoze and build from scratch, it is a blatant waste of resources. The evidence is indisputable, new development is now more and more being tied to reuse. I think the time of short term capital investment in building has seen its day.
Shanita Anderson
August 26, 2012
I totaly agree with James Martin in that the ideology of adaptive reuse IS the most responsible, logical, economical and intelligent way to think about new development for the future of our environment, which includes the preservation of human health and the preservation of our country’s rich architectual history. The preservation movement has grown over the years and will continue to grow as we see our environment’s health decline further.
Judith Roth
August 27, 2012
Is there a petition to save Prentice
that people could sign? If not – let’s get one going!