One hundred years ago, in March 1915, the city of Chicago opened its first public tuberculosis sanitarium on a 160-acre site bound by Bryn Mawr, Pulaski, Peterson and Central Park avenues. The 650-bed, 32-building facility was founded to provide treatment and long-term care at no cost to patients suffering from this highly infectious and sometimes fatal […]
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Event: Talk and walk the former Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Join me for a talk and walk about the history of the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium–a hidden city within the city.