Progress at MRH
Just posting a few semi-recent “before and after” photos of the demolition work at Michael Reese Hospital, only because nobody else seems to have done it lately…
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Michael Reese Hospital, Fenced In
In preparation for what is probably the inevitable demolition of the Michael Reese Hospital complex, the entire campus is now surrounded by a chain link fence. Anyone hoping to wander the grounds to get a last look at the place is now pretty much out of luck.
The Relationship Between Softball and Abandoned Hospitals
Until I get around to doing a proper write up on the the latest walking tour hosted by ForgottenChicago.com, I offer you this photo of a monument to the game of softball, a game that was invented on Thanksgiving Day, 1887, in what is now an empty lot behind the nearly vacant Michael Reese Hospital complex. I was suspicious at first, but then I read THIS…