As they pick up the pieces of their dashed Olympic dreams, city officials this week are hashing out a “plan B” for a piece of land on the Near South Side that they once hoped would be home to a bustling Olympic Village.
The home of the now-shuttered Michael Reese Hospital campus, located on prime...
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City Officials Discuss “Plan B” for Site of Planned Olympic Village
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...
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Communities Seek Olympics Benefits
August 18, 2008 – Hundreds of South Side residents rallied at Michael Reese Hospital with community organizations Thursday calling for inclusion in Olympics planning and a legally-binding community benefits agreement to be included in Chicago’s final application for the 2016 Olympics.
With a dozen community and labor organizations signed on, Communities for an Equitable Olympics...
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