This cemetery has over 38,000 burials containing the remains of many early residents of Chicago who died in the Cook County Hospital, including a tuberculosis sanitarium and an asylum. The land was sold to the state in 1912.The sad facts are that as late as 1989, residential construction continued. Part of the cemetery is covered with a shopping center and parking lot. I think it was assumed that these people would not cause a concern because of their circumstances.
Newspaper articles indicate a memorial has been planned but to date nothing has happened.
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