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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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A rendering of Northwestern’s new biomedical research building by Chicago architecture firm Perkins+Will. Construction is scheduled to begin on the base of the building, on the site of the old Prentice Women’s Hospital, in 2015.

As architect selected for new research building, Prentice tops list of historic sites lost

January 9, 2014

Prentice Women’s Hospital tops a list of historic sites lost in 2013, according to a report released by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The group is part of the Save Prentice Coalition,...

A banner reading "MORTY DON'T DEMO HISTORIC PRENTICE" flies over Northwestern's commencement ceremony Friday morning at Ryan Field. University spokesman Al Cubbage said it was "disappointing" someone decided to push the message during a "day of celebration" for the NU community.

Anti-Prentice demolition message crashes commencement ceremony

June 21, 2013

Thousands of Northwestern commencement attendees spotted an unexpected guest Friday morning above Ryan Field. "MORTY DON'T DEMO HISTORIC PRENTICE," read a banner attached to a propeller plane flying...

Christina Morris of the National Trust for Historic Preservation speaks to Chicago's landmarks commission at its Feb. 7 meeting. The National Trust for Historic Preservation and Landmarks Illinois filed Thursday to dismiss their case against the city of Chicago in response to the landmarks commission's actions on the former Prentice Women's Hospital.

Preservationists stop suit, Prentice plans to move forward

February 14, 2013

There’s no saving Prentice now. Landmarks Illinois and the National Trust for Historic Preservation moved Thursday to dismiss their case against the city of Chicago. The two groups, which make...

Eugene Sunshine, vice president of business and finance, presents NU’s plans for a biomedical research facility at Thursday’s Commission on Chicago Landmarks meeting. Sunshine argued that there are no viable reuse options for saving the old Prentice Women’s Hospital.

Prentice again denied landmark status

February 7, 2013

Chicago’s landmarks commission voted unanimously to decline recommending landmark status for the old Prentice Women’s Hospital Thursday night, upholding for the second time Northwestern’s plans to...

A lawsuit alleging wrongdoing by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks was dismissed Friday, allowing NU to proceed with plans to demolish Prentice after a 30-day stay. The University and preservationists have grappled for decades over the fate of the old women’s hospital.

Judge dismisses Prentice lawsuit

January 11, 2013

A Cook County Circuit Court judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday alleging the Commission of Chicago Landmarks illegally declined to recommend landmarking of Prentice Women’s Hospital at its Nov. 1 meeting. Judge...

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