Gehry, Gang and other leading architects urge Emanuel to save old Prentice Women's Hospital

Chicago Tribune - Los Angeles architect Frank Gehry and Chicago architect Jeanne Gang are among more than 60 prominent architects, educators and historic preservationists who on Wednesday urged Mayor Rahm Emanuel to save architect Bertrand Goldberg's old Prentice Women's Hospital and grant city landmark status to the threatened structure.

The message, sent in a letter to the mayor and made available to the Tribune on Thursday, said: "As members of the architecture community, we believe Goldberg's Prentice should be given a permanent place in Chicago's cityscape. A building this significant--this unique in the world--should be preserved and reused."  Read more.