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I was so encouraged to read Dan

R Laymanrsquos mention (News-Star

Dec 16ndash22 2015) of the role of

women in the creation of Claren-

don Beach the success of which

was held up nationally by the Chi-

cago Plan Commission as proof of

concept for what they described as

ldquothe Reclamation of the Lakefront

for the PeoplerdquoUnfortunately the history and

contributions of countless women

have not received similar recogni-

tion in the current plan to demolish

Cuneo Hospital campus recently

approved by the Commission for

the planned development at Mon-

trose amp Clarendon

The original Cuneo Hospital

located where a 26-story high-

rise and grocery store will soon be

built was founded by well-to-do

fruit-and-vegetable merchant and

real estate developer Frank Cuneo

and given in memory of his wife

Amelia who had died in child-birth

At a time when Uptown desper-

ately needed a hospital in the years

of the Great Depression Mr Cu-

neo acquired bankrupt Lakeview

Hospital the birthplace of Betty

Ford and donated it to the Mis-

sionary Sisters in a deed that spec-

ified they would at all times oper-

ate a hospital theremdashfor mothers

and children if desiredmdashand that

it should at all times maintain 20

of its beds for charity cases

Chicago losing rare confluence of civic and private philanthropic history

Letter to the Editor

Local and national media as

well as personal reports about the

hospital carried on after Frank

Cuneorsquos death by his son John

Cuneo Sr and his wife Julia

Shepard Cuneo and fellow bene-

factors reveal inspiring testimo-

ny to the conscientious way in the

which the Missionary Sisters ful-

filled the promise of the hospitaldonated to them

The hospital was the starting

point for Wayne Millerrsquos famous

photo-essay ldquoYear in the Life of a

Babyrdquo in The Ladiesrsquo Home Jour-

nal of March 1950 That essay

led to Millerrsquos collaboration with

Dr Benjamin Spock and Dr John

Reinhart that became their impor-

tant book A Babyrsquos First Year

Women of all faiths and back-

grounds report having received

good care A 1964 Chicago Tri-

bune story bears powerful witness

to these reports describing how a

Native American woman whorsquodbeen turned away while in labor

from hospitals including the one

where shersquod had her prenatal care

was taken in at Cuneo Hospital to

give birth Later stories describe

great dedication to women and

children also after the closed hos-

pital buildings were transformed

into a shelter In one 1980s pro-

gram a team of 140 volunteers

cuddled babies born with addic-

tions to help keep them alive

In Oct 2013 the Illinois His-

toric Preservation Agency de-

termined Cuneo Hospitalrsquos east

building and skybridge eligible for

nomination to the National Regis-

ter pending final interior review

as the work of pioneering Chicago

modernist Edo J Belli In tandem

the lyrical daylit hospital and its

fine sculptural brutalist counter-

part the Cuneo Long-Term Careand Rehabilitation Facilities on

the west side of Clarendon are

excellent and highly adaptable

examples of two eras that are only

now coming into historical view

Grouped with Stanley Tigermanrsquos

Boardwalk 4343 N Clarendon

these buildings tell a whole story

of proto-sustainable modernism

alongside important social histo-

ries Register listing would unlock

federal tax credits that would re-

duce the tax increment financing

requested by a developer for the

site

Itrsquos a tragedy that we are losingthe unique and rare confluence

of civic and private philanthrop-

ic historymdashall wrapped in fine

architecturemdashthat is marked by

the Cuneo-Clarendon site Itrsquos a

wonderful place that tells us to do

something creative caring and

special that people will want to

honor in the future

Melanie Eckner

Provident HospitalA Living Legacy opens at Surgical Sciences MuseumProvident Hospital 500 E 51st

St the first black-owned and op-

erated hospital in America can

claim a number of other ldquofirstsrdquoin

the history of American healthcare

as well

It was the first private hospital

in the state of Illinois to provide

internship opportunities for black

physicians and the first to estab-

lish a school of nursing to train

black women It was one of the

first black hospitals to provide

postgraduate courses and resi-

dences for black physicians and

the first black hospital approved

by the American College of Sur-

geons for full graduate training in

surgery

Established in 1891 Provident

also offered an important forum

a proving ground for ideas about

black self-determination and insti-

tutional survival

Now the International Museum

of Surgical Sciences 1524 N

Lake Shore Dr will be hosting

a year-long exhibit on Provident

Hospital running now through

Feb 26 2017ldquoProvident Hospital A Living

Legacyrdquo at the International Muse-

um of Surgical Science is the story

of this landmark institution told

through rarely exhibited records

photographs and physical objects

(including historic uniforms) from

the Hospitalrsquos history Organized

as a collaboration between the

Provident Foundation the show

hopes to preserve the legacy of

Provident Hospital and its founder

Dr Daniel Hale Williams while

examining its healthcare and

social history The show exam-

ines how the history of ProvidentHospital parallels the history of

civil rights in the US from the

end of the Civil War through the

present day

Provident Hospital was forcedto close in 1987 due to financial

difficulties but it reopened in

1993 as part of Cook Countyrsquos

Bureau of Health Services It is

now known as Provident Hospitalof Cook County For more infor-

mation on the show call 312-642-

6502

The show hopes to preserve the legacy of Provident Hospital while examin-

ing its healthcare and social history The show examines how the history of

Provident Hospital parallels the history of the civil rights movement in the

US from the end of the Civil War through the present