When the long-shuttered Cook County Hospital is refurbished and reopens as a hotel, shops and offices, visitors may sense being in a hallowed space. Perhaps they will spot a plaque stating that the ...

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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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Cook County leaders including president Toni Preckwinkle revealed plans to welcome the return of ambulance services to a South Side hospital. Provident Hospital of Cook County in ...