For most of a century starting in 1916, the massive Cook County Hospital opened its healing hallways to wave upon wave of new and often destitute Chicagoans. European immigrants came first, followed ...
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- It was the first hospital to provide care for the poor, the first blood bank in the nation, the first place to care for AIDS patients and the setting for the television show "ER." ...
A few days ago, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced new plans for the old Cook County Hospital building built in 1914. I worked there for three decades and knew people who worked ...
The beaux arts facade of Old Cook County Hospital was restored to its original state as part of the renovation. When Cook County Hospital began construction in Chicago in 1914, the poor badly needed ...