Revised January 1, 2011

Suggestion For Chicago Landmark The Commission on Chicago Landmarks appreciates receiving ideas and suggestions from the public for potential future landmark buildings and districts. By ordinance, Chicago Landmarks must meet at least two of the seven criteria for designation as well as an “integrity” criterion (see back). An indicator of whether your suggestion may qualify is if the property is included in the Chicago Historic Resources Survey (CHRS), which is depicted in the city’s online Zoning Map and may also be accessed from the Chicago Landmarks web page at www.cityofchicago.org/landmarks. Please answer the questions below completely and include current photographs (which will not be returned) and any available historic research you may have as part of your suggestion. Please fill out one form per suggestion. The Commission’s Program Committee generally reviews public suggestions twice a year. Received suggestions are forwarded by the Committee to the Department of Housing and Economic Development for further consideration.

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Suggestion  for  Chicago  Landmark:  Cuneo  Hospital  campus,  Montrose  &  Clarendon  Avenues      Part  of  the  Collective  Heritage    Cuneo   Hospital   and   Cuneo   Long-­‐Term   Care   and   Rehabilitation   Facilities   illustrate   the  contributions  of  Belli  &  Belli  Architects  &  Engineers   Inc.   to  Chicago  architecture  over  two  very  different  American   decades.   Cuneo  Hospital   on   the   east   side   of   Clarendon  was   designed   and  built  during  the  post-­‐WWII  building  boom  of  the  1950s,  which  saw  complex  community  design  challenges   emerge,   particularly   in   ecclesiastical   building,   due   to   a   rapidly   expanding   and  diversifying   population   and   changing   values.1   Cuneo   Long-­‐Term   Care   and   Rehabilitation  Facilities   on   the  west   side   of   Clarendon  was   conceived   and   built   during   the   harder   economic  times  of  the  1970s,  an  era  bookended  by  energy  crises  when  the  continued  shift   to  suburban  family  living  sometimes  meant  fewer  resources  for  still-­‐urban  populations  as  in  Uptown.2    Diminutive,  ultramodern  Cuneo  Hospital,  dedicated  in  1957,  originally  sat  nimbly  alongside  the  aging  Lake  View  Pumping  Station,  built  during  the  years  1907–1915,  until  the  latter’s  demolition  in   1979.   The   geometrical,   brutalist   Cuneo   Long-­‐Term   Care   and   Rehabilitation   Facilities   were  added   to   the  west   side  of  Clarendon,  with   construction  begun   in   late  1975  completed   in   late  1976,   after   careful   consideration   of   several   expansion   options,   including   moving   the   original  hospital   to  the  west  side  of  Clarendon  where  more   land  was  available.  Whereas  the  pumping  station   and   Clarendon   Park   Beach   House   (1916)   had   been   built   on   the   original   beachfront,  Cuneo   Hospital   and   Cuneo   Long-­‐Term   Care   and   Rehabilitation   Facilities   were   designed   and  constructed   during   the   decades   immediately   following   the   landfill—with   special   measures  below   grade   to   address   encroaching  water   at   the   former   lakefront   site.   Early   pictures   of   the  hospital  campus  show  the  rich  proximities  of  the  original  historic  location.3    From   the   outset   Cuneo  Hospital   shared   another   and   very   direct   tie   to   its   historic   site:   it  was  literally   linked   via   its   futuristic   1957   skybridge   to   the   early   twentieth-­‐century   convent   on   the  other   side   of   Clarendon   Avenue   where   the   hospital’s   owner-­‐staff   lived.   The   convent   was   a  three-­‐story,   six-­‐flat   apartment   building   similar   to   many   nearby—including   in   the   nationally  registered  Buena  Park  Historic  District  located  on  the  other  side  of  Montrose  Avenue  today.  The  daylit   skybridge   later   came   to   link   the   original   Cuneo   Hospital   building   to   yet   another  architectural  era  when  it  was  reused  to  bridge  Clarendon  Avenue  to  Cuneo  Long-­‐Term  Care  and  Rehabilitation   Facilities   that   replaced   the   convent   in   1975–76.   The   silvery   skybridge   that  connects  the  decades  on  either  side  of  Clarendon  Avenue  has  been  a  steadfast   feature  of  the  visual  landscape  of  lakefront  Uptown  for  over  fifty  years.      

                                                                                                                         1  On  the  ecclesiatical  building  boom  specifically,  see  Jay  M.  Price,  Temples  for  a  Modern  God:  Religious  Architecture  in  Postwar  America  (Oxford  University  Press,  2012).  2  For  conditions  in  Uptown,  see,  for  example,  Roger  Guy,  From  Diversity  to  Unity:  Southern  and  Appalachian  Migrants  in  Uptown  Chicago,  1950–1970  (Lexington  Books/Rowman  &  Littlefield  Publishers,  Inc.,  2007).  3  See  photos:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/98922841@N05/  and  https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfCuneo  

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Significant  People   In   the   mid-­‐1950s,   the   Uptown   community   was   the   fortunate   beneficiary   of   a   confluence   of  commitment  that  ultimately  led  to  the  building  of  Cuneo  Hospital  by  instrumental  and  capable  parties,  among  them  John  F.  Cuneo  Sr.,  Cardinal  Samuel  Stritch,  The  Missionary  Sisters  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Jesus,  and  Belli  &  Belli  Company.    John  Cuneo  Sr.  was  the  owner  of  Hawthorn  Mellody  Farms  Dairy  as  well  as  founder  and  owner  of   Cuneo   Press—at   the   time   one   of   the   three   largest   printing   presses   in   the   world.   A  philanthropist  and  patron  of  the  arts,  Cuneo  wanted  to  build  a  children’s  hospital,  to  be  owned  and  operated  the  Missionary  Sisters  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of   Jesus,   for  the  burgeoning  postwar  community.  The  Missionary  Sisters  of  the  Sacred  Heart,  founded  by  Mother  Cabrini  and  devoted  to  the  care  of  women,  children,  and  the  elderly,  had  for  decades  worked  extensively  in  poor  and  immigrant  communities  in  Chicago.  Edo  J.  Belli  met  John  Cuneo  through  Cardinal  Samuel  Stritch,  who  championed  progressive  architecture  for  the  building  of  neighborhood  schools,  churches,  and  hospitals  during  his  time  as  Archbishop  of  Chicago  from  1940  until  his  death   in  1958.  The  first   American   ever   appointed   to   lead   a   department   of   the   Roman   Curia,   as   Pro-­‐Prefect   of  Congregation   for   the   Evangelization   of   Peoples,   Stritch’s   interest   in   new   architecture   had   led  him   to   a   vital,   continuous   working   relationship   with   Edo   J.   Belli,   the   designer   of   the   Cuneo  Hospital  campus.    An   interview   compiled   under   the   auspices   of   the   Chicago   Architects   Oral   History   Project  archived  at  The  Art  Institute  of  Chicago  records  Edo  J.  Belli’s  description  of  his  first  contacts  with  Cuneo  as  follows:  “He  had  offered  me  the  shopping  center,  the  Golf  Mill  Shopping  Center,  and  I  had  turned  him  down  because  I  had  enough  work  to  keep  me  busy.  I  felt  I  couldn’t  service  the  account  the  way  he’d  want  it  serviced.  I  told  him  in  a  nice  way  that  I  wasn’t  interested  in  that  kind   of   work,   that   I   was   interested   in   church  work.   So   he   said,   ‘Well,   if   you’re   interested   in  church  work,  I’m  going  to  build  a  hospital.’”      Important  Architecture    Preservation  Chicago’s  2012  brief  describes  the  Cuneo  Hospital  building  dedicated  by  Cardinal  Stritch  on  Oct.  3,  1957,  in  a  ceremony  attended  by  then-­‐mayor  Richard  J.  Daley,  as  “…  the  most  modern  of  hospitals,  including  a  stunning  lobby  and  operating  rooms  with  patterned  walls  and  floors   of   individually   designed   Romany-­‐Spartan   glazed   tile   walls.”4 Still   in   remarkably   good  condition  on  exterior  round  columns  at  Cuneo  Hospital  today,  the  specially  produced  tiles  from  the   United   States   Ceramic   Tile   Co.   in   Ohio   typify   the   up-­‐to-­‐date   nature   of   the   project—the  Romany  Spartan  name  had  first  been  used  in  commerce  on  Dec.  29,  1956.    The   brief   continues:   “Architect   Edo   J.   Belli   introduced   a   new  modernism   to   Roman   Catholic  architecture   in  Chicago,   including  St.  Patrick’s  High  School  at  5900  W.  Belmont  and  St.   Joseph  

                                                                                                                         4  Preservation  Chicago:  http://www.preservationchicago.org/userfiles/file/2012_C7_Cuneo%20Hospital_Final.pdf  

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Hospital  at  2900  N.  Lake  Shore  Drive.  Cuneo  Memorial  Hospital  demonstrates  his  whimsical  yet  thoughtful  approach  to  hospital  design,   including  a  roof  line  that  resembles  an  artist’s  palette.  Belli   combined   lyricism  with  modern  materials   to   create   his   own   architectural   style,   one   that  departed   ever   so   slightly   from   the   rigid   ‘Miesian’   orthodoxy   that   dominated   architectural  expression  at  that  time.”  Belli’s  unique  approach  to  space  is  well   illustrated  by  Cuneo  Hospital,  where  curved  façades,  ‘bending’  interior  walls,  and  circular  operating  rooms  optimize  the  use  of  limited  space  to  allow  for  wide  range  of  different  but  interwoven  functions  with  very  different  lighting  &  privacy  requirements.    

Positioning  it  on  a  tiny,  irregular  piece  of  land  to  take  advantage  of  sun  and  lake  breezes,  Edo  J.  Belli  utilized  design  features  commonly  associated  today  with  sustainable  design,   filling  Cuneo  Hospital   with   daylight   and   naturally   warmed   spaces,   optimizing   non-­‐mechanical   ventilation  strategies  and  interior  sightlines,  and  specifying  materials  sourced  from  Midwestern  family-­‐run  producers.  Circular,  tiled  operating  rooms  required  less  water  and  fewer  chemicals  for  cleaning.  Modest   alcoves   and   the   daylit   skybridge   offered   privacy   and   protection   from   the   elements.  Zoning  variances  allowed  for  reduced  parking  and  transit-­‐friendly  access.  The  patterned  façade,  integrated   planters,   and   variegated   windows   continue   to   protect   birds   even   today   and  naturalistic  stonework  speaks  to  the  lakeside  location.  A  shaded  terrace  tucked  under  the  eaves  affords  views  of  both  sunrise  and  sunset,  and,  through  one  of  Belli’s  signature  circles,   the  sky  and  stars  above.    Cuneo  Long-­‐Term  Care  and  Rehabilitation  Facilities   continued   into   the  1970s  where   the   1957  building   had   left   off   by   enlarging   sheltered   and   shaded   areas   at   street   level,   stretching   roof  terraces   over   many   carefully   layered   shapes,   and   angling   windows   into   facets   to   optimize  daylighting.  Designed   to   expand   services   to   cover   the  whole   of   life,   the   expansion   used   new  geometries  to  allow  residents  indoor  and  outdoor  life  within  the  same  building.  A  small  terrace  just  below  the  roof  on  Montrose  Avenue  mirrors  Cuneo  Hospital’s  integrated  terrace  just  below  roof  level  also  overlooking  Montrose  Avenue,  updating  the  earlier  circular  view  to  the  sky  with  a  bold   triangular   opening.   Series   of   paced   square   windows   in   the   1957   building   have   been  reimagined   into  elongated  rectangles  that  stand  like  shadows  at  attention  behind  sleek  round  support   columns.   Horizontal   bars   of   glass   replace   large   sections   of   wall   near   ceiling   height,  allowing  for  diffuse  interior  daylight  from  both  east  and  west.  A  multifaceted  glass  cube  facing  east  and  perched  atop  an  upper  floor  gives  parallel  access  onto  two  large  roof  terraces  atop  the  level   immediately   below.   Layered   shapes   placed   at   angles   create   unexpected   access   to   the  outdoors,   most   dramatically   in   the   chapel   with   intricate   stained   glass   that   hovers   above   a  circular  entrance  space  while  carrying  a  roof  terrace  above.    Important  Architect    Responsible   for   these   designs   was   Edo   J.   Belli,   born   in   Chicago   in   1918   and   trained   in   part  already   while   at   Lane   Tech   High   School.5   Belli   began   working   with   the   architectural   firm  

                                                                                                                         5  “Edo  J.  Belli,”  Art  Institute  of  Chicago  Archival  Collections,  http://www.artic.edu/edo-­‐j-­‐belli-­‐1918-­‐2003  

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Holsman   &   Holsman   in   1936   and   the   firm   encouraged   him   to   enroll   in   evening   classes   at  Chicago’s  Armour  Institute  of  Technology  (later  IIT),  from  which  he  graduated  in  1939.  Belli  also  worked  for  Graham,  Anderson,  Probst  &  White  and  Perkins  &  Will  prior  to  founding  Edo  J.  and  Anthony   J.   Belli  with   his   brother   in   1941.   Edo  Belli  was   chief   designer   at   the   firm,  where   he  worked  until  his  death  in  2003.  Anthony  handled  the  technical  sides  of  construction  up  until  the  late   1970s.   Edo’s   sons,   Allen   and   James,   continue   to   operate   the   firm   Belli   &   Belli,   a   family-­‐owned  and  operated  firm  that  has  successfully  completed  over  3500  commissions  in  18  states  &  6  countries  since  its  founding  in  1941.6    

Mr.  Belli  was  a  rare  community-­‐minded  individualist,  a  Chicago-­‐trained  architect  whose  quietly  influential  work  and   insightful  words  have  been  exhibited  and  recorded  at  The  Art   Institute  of  Chicago   and   honored   by   the   AIA,   American   Hospital   Association,   the   Catholic   Properties  Administration,  and  others.7  Committing  his  professional  life  to  creating  churches,  schools,  and  hospitals   throughout  the  Chicago  area  and  beyond,  Belli   in  particular  designed  and  developed  circular   forms   and   cores   within   the   context   of   mid-­‐century   modern   architecture’s   dominant  rectilinear  orientation,  thereby  influencing  later  Modernist  buildings  in  Chicago  such  as  Bertrand  Goldberg’s  Marina  City  and  Prentice  Hospital.    Belli  was  interviewed  by  Barbara  Blum  under  the  auspices  of  the  Chicago  Architects  Oral  History  Project,   the   Ernest   Graham   Study   Center   for   Architectural   Drawings,   Department   of  Architecture,  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago8  and  images  of  his  work  is  included   in  the  Ryerson  &  Burnham   Archival   Image   Collection   at   the   Art   Institute   of   Chicago9   and   the   Hedrich   Blessing  Archive  housed  at  the  Chicago  History  Museum.10    Edo  J.  Belli’s  works  exhibited  as  part  of  The  Art   Institute  of  Chicago’s  1993  exhibition  Chicago  Architecture   and   Design   1923–1993   included   St.   Joseph   Hospital   and   St.   Patrick   High   School,  which  had  each  won  AIA  Honor  Awards   for  Excellence   in  Architecture,  as  well   as  The  Miracle  House  and  St.  Benedict  the  African  Church.  The   latter  two  projects   in  particular   reflect  Belli  &  Belli’s  special  engagement  over  many  decades  with  creative  collaborations  on  a  neighborhood  level.   Miracle   House,   a   fully   furnished   ultra   modern   concept   home   located   in   Chicago’s  Galewood   neighborhood,   was   designed,   sourced,   and   built   in   1953–54   to   be   raffled   off   at   a  benefit  for  nearby  St.  William’s  Parish  Building  Program.11  St.  Benedict  the  African,  dedicated  in  1990,  had  the  difficult   task  of  unifying  and  consolidating  several  parishes  of  Englewood   into  a  single  building.  The  Belli  &  Belli  design  that  grew  out  of  the  process  is  described  by  parishioner  Dorothy   Banks   in  Grant   Pick’s   1991  Chicago  Reader   article:   “When   I  walk   in   this   place,   I   feel  excitement  and  joy  …  It’s  like  I  own  it.  My  God  is  here.”12    

                                                                                                                         6  Belli  &  Belli  Architects  &  Engineers  (website),  http://www.belli-­‐belli.com/  7  Some  awards  listed  on  Belli  &  Belli  Architects  &  Engineers  website,  see  note  6.  8  Interview  may  be  downloaded  from  the  Archive  or  viewed  online:  http://www.artic.edu/edo-­‐j-­‐belli-­‐1918-­‐2003  9  See,  for  example,  St.  Joseph  Hospital:  http://digital-­‐libraries.saic.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/mqc/id/39012/rec/1  10  Hedrich  Blessing  Archive,  http://www.hedrichblessing.com/classicarchivehe.html  11  Description  from  discussion  with  Jim  and  Allen  Belli,  March  8,  2013,  at  Belli  &  Belli’s  offices  in  Wheeling,  Illinois.  12  Grant  Pick,  “Resurrection,”  Chicago  Reader,  August  8,  1991,  http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/resurrection/Content?oid=878047  

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Unique  Visual  Features    The   curvilinear   façade,   rough-­‐hewn   crucifix,   circular   tiled   surgical   rooms,   and   circular   roof  opening  of   the   original  Cuneo  Hospital  building  are  unusual,   yet  of   their   time.  The  distinctive  human-­‐scaled  geometrical  brutalist  Cuneo  Long-­‐Term  Care  and  Rehabilitation  Facilities  building  offers  creative  site  orientation,  extensive  indoor-­‐outdoor  circulation  at  roof  and  ground  levels,  a  triangular  roof  opening,  and  a  spaceship-­‐like  chapel  that  appears  to  hover  above  the  earth.      The  daylit   skybridge   that   spans  Clarendon  Avenue   is  a  unique   feature   later  adopted  by   other  architects  to  join  campuses  at  two  nearby  Uptown  locations:  across  Eastwood  Avenue  at  Uplift  High  School  (former  Arai  Middle  School)  and  across  Clarendon  Avenue  at  Weiss  Hospital,  where  the   skybridge   just   south   of   Leland   forms   a   transparent   northern   counterpoint   to   the   Cuneo  skybridge  on  the  southern  edge  of  the  historic  Lakeside  community  in  Uptown.      The  building  must  have  a  significant  historic,  community,  architectural  or  aesthetic  interest  or  value,  the  integrity13  of  which  is  preserved  in  light  of  its  location,  design,  setting,  materials,  workmanship,  and  ability  to  express  such  historic,  community,  architectural,  or  aesthetic  interest  or  value:    Cuneo   Hospital   campus   in   its   entirety   embodies   two   decades   of   cutting-­‐edge   mid-­‐century  healthcare   facility   design   by   a   Chicago-­‐area   family   firm   committed   to   a   high-­‐standard   of  community-­‐oriented  architecture  for  over  seventy  years.  Created  through  the  combined  efforts  of  its  patrons,  operating  staff,  architect,  and  builders,  the  structures  today  retain  all   important  features  of  their  original  design  and  unaltered  correspondences  with  their  historic  location.  The  coordinated  architectural  language  of  the  buildings  and  the  connecting  skybridge  remain  whole.  Publicly  available  city  records  indicate  continued  sound  structural  condition.      In   addition,   Cuneo   Hospital’s   unique   setting   on   architecturally   rich   Clarendon   Avenue   at   the  geographical  midpoint  of  lakefront  Uptown  holds  out  the  possibility  of  a  creative  adaptive  reuse  that  would  contribute  to  the  wider  recognition  and  purposeful  renewal  of  the  historical  unity  of  Uptown  and   its   lakefront.  Designating  Cuneo  Hospital   as  a  Chicago   landmark  will  protect  and  advance  the  future   integrity  of  Uptown’s  significant  architectural   inheritance  and   its   lakefront  legacy—a   fitting   expression   of   present-­‐day   sustainable   Chicago   in   a   neighborhood   that   today  unites  residents  of  diverse  heritage  in  the  creation  of  a  unique  common  history.    

Contemporary  and  historical  images  related  to  Cuneo  Hospital  campus  may  be  seen  online:    Friends  of  Cuneo  Flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/98922841@N05/    Friends  of  Cuneo  Facebook    https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfCuneo  

                                                                                                                         13  Merriam-­‐Webster  Unabridged,  http://unabridged.merriam-­‐webster.com/unabridged/integrity  s.  v.  “integrity”:  Integrity  1  a  :  an  unimpaired  or  unmarred  condition  :  entire  correspondence  with  an  original  condition  :  soundness;  b  :  an  uncompromising  adherence  to  a  code  of  moral,  artistic,  or  other  values  :  utter  sincerity,  honesty,  and  candor  :  avoidance  of  deception,  expediency,  artificiality,  or  shallowness  of  any  kind    2  :  the  quality  or  state  of  being  complete  or  undivided  :  material,  spiritual,  or  aesthetic  wholeness  :  organic  unity  :  entireness,  completeness  

Cuneo  Hospital  +  Cuneo  Long-­‐Term  Care  &  Rehabilitation  Facilities,  Historical  images  

 

 

 

 

This photo dated October 3, 1957, photographer unknown, depicts the blessing of Cuneo Hospital’s cornerstone by

Cardinal Samuel Stritch. Pictured to the right of Cardinal Stritch in the front row are Mr. & Mrs. John F. Cuneo, Mayor

Richard J. Daley, Dr. Karl Meyer, and Mother Onorina, superintendent of Cuneo Memorial Hospital.

Cuneo Hospital (1957), west façade, photographer unknown (perhaps from Hedrich Blessing, courtesy Belli & Belli)

Cuneo Hospital (1957), daylit skybridge, photographer unknown (perhaps Hedrich Blessing, courtesy Belli & Belli)

Cuneo Hospital (1957), patient room, photographer unknown (perhaps Hedrich Blessing, courtesy Belli & Belli)

Cuneo Hospital (1957), round operating room, photographer unknown (perhaps Hedrich Blessing, courtesy Belli & Belli)

Print advertisement for Romany•Spartan Ceramic Tile in Architectural Record, October 1960

The caption for this color photo of one of Cuneo Hospital's circular surgical rooms reads:

Operating room walls are of Romany•Spartan glazed tile, each individually designed and color styled.

Plate No. 1093

Frank Cuneo Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill.

Architects: Belli & Belli Co., Inc., Chicago, Ill.

Tile Contracter: McWayne Company, Chicago, Ill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cuneo  Hospital  (1957)  linked  via  skybridge  (1957)  to  original  six-­‐flat  convent  for  the  Missionary  Sisters  of  the  Sacred  Heart,  

pictured  in    January  1972  (photographer  unknown,  courtesy  Belli  &  Belli)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cuneo  Hospital  (1957),  the  skybridge  (1957),  and  the  original  six-­‐flat  early  twentieth-­‐century  building  that  served  as  convent  for  

the  Missionary  Sisters  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Jesus,  January,  1972  (photographer  unknown,  courtesy  Belli  &  Belli)  

 

Surrounding  buildings  include  the  Clarendon  Beach  beach  house  (today  Clarendon  Park  field  house)  prior  to  removal  of  its  

towers,  Lake  View  Pumping  Station  (right,  demolished  in  1978–79,  having  ceased  pumping  in  May  1965),  the  3-­‐story  apartment  

buildings  replaced  in  1974  by  Stanley  Tigerman's  Boardwalk  (today  known  as  4343  Clarendon),  Weiss  Hospital  (1952),  the  

Clarendon-­‐Windsor  (1920,  today  known  as  the  Legacy  HB),  and  Lakeview  Towers,  which  had  been  completed  in  1970.  Photo  was  

taken  from  the  former  Monterey  Hotel  building  (808  W.  Junior  Terrace).  The  buildings  of  which  only  rooftops  are  visible  in  the  

left  foreground  also  still  exist  today.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This  Metro  News  Photo,  April  1958  (photographer  unknown),  highlights  one  of  the  ongoing  fundraising  efforts  for  Cuneo  

Hospital  over  many  years,  the  Cuneo  Hospital  Auxiliary  benefit.  A  description  on  the  back  of  the  photograph  reads:  

 

For  the  Lucky  Person  

United  Air  Lines  stewardess  Marilyn  Austin  is  try-­‐  

ing  to  make  the  7  ½  lb.  poodle  happy.  The  dog  will  be  

 awarded  at  the  xxxxx  Annual  Cuneo  Memorial  Hospital  

Auxiliary  benefit  at  the  Cameo  Room.  The  pet  is  

worth  $1000.00.  

 

Detail  of  a  photo  from  the  Historic  American  Engineering  Record  in  the  Library  of  Congress  collection  (photographer  unknown)  

shows  Cuneo  Hospital  alongside  Lake  View  Pumping  Station  prior  to  its  demolition.  Crane  &  empty  corner  in  background  along  

with  snow  suggest  that  work  for  the  Long-­‐Term  Care  and  Rehabilitation  Facilities  (begun  in  late  1975  and  completed  in  late  

1976)  was  underway.  The  entire  photo  below,  source:  Library  of  Congress  Prints  and  Photographs  Division  Washington,  D.C.  

20540  USA,  http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0420.photos.060768p/.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rendering  for  Cuneo  Hospital  Long-­‐Term  Care  and  Rehabilitation  Facilities,  ca.  1975  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cuneo  Hospital  Long-­‐Term  Care  and  Rehabilitation  Facilities,  southeast  corner  with  chapel,  ca.  1976  (photographer  unknown,  

courtesy  Belli  &  Belli)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cuneo  Hospital  (1957)  and  Cuneo  Long-­‐Term  Care  and  Rehabilitation  Facilities  (1975–76),  viewed  from  roofdeck  of  the  

Boardwalk  garage,  late  1970s  (photographer  unknown,  courtesy  Belli  &  Belli)  

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Note:  Per  Belli  &  Belli  (May  2013),  the  floor  plans  for  Cuneo  Long-­‐Term  Care  and  Rehabilitation  Facilities  may  not  be  reproduced.