Chicago Waits: One Week Until Olympic Announcement, Site of Potential Olympic Village Set for Demolition

The countdown is on. In less than a week Chicagoans–and the rest of the world–will know which city will the host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

The campus of the Michael Reese Hospital, targeted as a potential Olympic Village should Chicago win the bid, is set for demolition. Some preservationists remain upset, believing that the hospital campus is of historical and architectural importance, with its Walter Gropius-influence in the design.

WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” took a look at the hospital campus and why some are fighting to preserve the buildings.

Watch here: WTTW Chicago Tonight–Michael Reese Hospital Demolition

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Gropius in Chicago Coalition

Chicago 2016 candidate city site