December 22, 1917 – Mother Frances Xavier
Cabrini dies of heart diseases at Columbus Hospital. Mother Cabrini, the founder of the order of
the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, was the founder of the hospital in
which she took her last breath. She was
born on July 15, 1850 in the small Italian town of S’ant Angelo Lodigiano, the
youngest of 13 children. In her late
30’s, at the direction of Pope Leo VIII, she arrived in New York City, a place
crying out for schools and orphanages to serve the huge population of Italian
immigrants. Her tireless work was so
effective that she received requests for help from far-flung places across the
globe, and she made 23 trans-Atlantic crossings, establishing 67 different
schools, hospitals and orphanages. In
1946 Mother Cabrini was canonized by Pope Pius XII. When Columbus Hospital was demolished to make
way for 2550 Lakeview, the chapel of the hospital was painstakingly preserved
and today the place where Mother Cabrini worshipped, the National Shrine of
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, is open daily and has weekend Masses with
opportunities for confession and hosts Eucharistic adoration on Fridays. The sanctuary of the Shrine is pictured
above.
December 22, 1954 – The president of the American Furniture Mart, Lawrence H. Whiting, confirms rumors that the Mart has obtained control of 333 North Michigan Avenue, an art deco tower on the southeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive. Whiting says, “The American Furniture Mart accumulated this interest as a long term real estate investment in what we consider to be an exceptionally sound real estate enterprise.” [Chicago Daily Tribune, December 23, 1954] Arthur M. Wirtz, the chairman of the American Furniture Mart, is also the president of the 333 Building Corporation. 333 North Michigan Avenue was completed in 1927 following a design by the firm of Holabird and Root. The Art Deco design of its 25 stories is particularly striking because of the building’s location just south of the DuSable Bridge, directly across the river from Tribune Tower.
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