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Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center was an American hospital located in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1881, Michael Reese Hospital was a major research and teaching hospital and one of the oldest and largest hospitals in Chicago, Illinois.
Fortuitously, Michael Reese, a wealthy real estate developer who died in 1877, left funds in his will to build a new hospital, which was completed in 1880. It was open to everyone regardless of nationality or race, the request of Reese’s heirs.
Jul 23, 2021 · Chicago’s once-formidable Michael Reese Hospital, like the greater Bronzeville area, has been maligned by decades of governmental and private sector neglect.
On October 23, 1881, the new Michael Reese Hospital opened its doors. It had been built to relieve suffering—to meet the basic human need for care in times of illness or injury. Yet almost from the start, it would also help revolutionize the practice of medicine in the U.S.
The former Michael Reese Hospital site in Bronzeville will be comprehensively revitalized by GRIT Chicago LLC as a $3.8 billion mixed-use community through redevelopment agreements approved by City Council today.
Mar 28, 2023 · Bronzeville Lakefront, a $4.3 billion redevelopment of the old Michael Reese Hospital property south of McCormick Place, has been planned for years and will take many more to execute. But it will observe a milestone Wednesday with the formal launch of construction.
Jul 21, 2021 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- More than a decade after Michael Reese Hospital closed its doors, leaving behind a vacant 48-acre piece of property near the lakefront in Bronzeville, aldermen have signed off...
Mar 13, 2024 · Where is Michael Reese Hospital? What to know about the site an advocacy group is asking the Bears to consider for their new stadium.
Apr 16, 2021 · A rendering shows Michael Reese Hospital after it was dedicated Oct. 23, 1881, in Chicago. Recently, the threatened closure of Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, which stands just blocks...
Mar 29, 2023 · Michael Reese Hospital site redevelopment in Bronzeville breaks ground after years of delays. By Evelyn Holmes, via. Wednesday, March 29, 2023. The old Michael Reese Hospital site will...