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Article: Battle to save Chicago's Gropius architecture has preservationists and city at odds.(Walter Gropius)(Arts & Culture)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- August 20, 2009
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Byline: Richard Mertens Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Chicago -- Grahm Balkany's mood lurches from admiration to anguish as he strolls among a group of small, flat-roofed hospital buildings on Chicago's South Side.
"Look how progressive that is," he exclaims, pointing to where slatted awnings filter sunlight that falls on patients' rooms. A moment later, he gazes mournfully on scattered trash, uncut grass, and other signs of neglect. "I can't tell you how beautiful this was at one point," he says.
Recently, while studying engineering and architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Mr. Balkany discovered that one ...