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ALERT: CHICAGO DESTROYS FIRST GROPIUS BUILDING

The destruction of Chicago’s Gropius architecture and Bauhaus legacy has begun. As reported here in August, the City of Chicago destroyed nearly all of the landscaping around the Michael Reese Hospital campus—the 37-acre site that was purchased by the city for construction of an Olympic Village in 2016. Members of the Midwest Society for Acoustic [...]

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2009 10 29 admin architecture
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Soundwalk in Bronzeville on September 12

join World Listening Project members in a soundwalk around the Michael Reese Hospital campus on Saturday, September 12

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2009 08 26 Dan World Listening Project
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A Soundwalk Idea for Chicago’s Bauhaus District by the Michael Reese Hospital Campus

MSAE member Dan Goston writes that the Michael Reese Hospital Campus is an unique piece of Chicago’s great architectural legacy located in its historic Bronzeville neighborhood. Tragically, and even absurdly, the MRH Campus faces what increasingly appears to be demolition by the City of Chicago in order to make for an uncertain future Olympic village. The Gropius in Chicago Coalition and other organizations is attempting to save the MRH. Dan concludes with a list of potential impacts that demolition will have upon the acoustic ecology of the city and region.

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2009 07 24 Dan American Society for Acoustic Ecology
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Synesthetic Plan of Chicago, June 1—September 30, 2009

The World Listening Project has built a public sound installation for the Synesthetic Plan of Chicago, an art exhibition co-curated by Annie Heckman and Daniel Godston, in the Visitor Information Center of the Chicago Cultural Center (77 E. Randolph Street).This  Flickr photostream shows the construction of the WLP’s installation entitled the “Acoustic Mirror of [...]

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2009 06 01 admin World Listening Project
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Megalópolis sonoras. Identidad cultural y sonidos en peligro de extinción. México 2009

Report by Eric Leonardson
Sound Megalopolis: Sounds in danger of extinction took place from March 23-27, 2009 at the gorgeous Fonoteca Nacional in the Coyaocán area of Mexico City. The Fonoteca Nacional is the former home of the great Mexican poet Octavio Paz (1914-1998) and serves as the archive of all significant audio recordings relevant to [...]

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2009 03 29 admin American Society for Acoustic Ecology
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