Who Determines the Future of Chicago’s Architectural Past?

"The Absent Column" by Nathan Eddy explores one of the world's preeminent cities of architecture: Chicago. The documentary examines Bertrand Goldberg's mid-century modernist masterpiece, the former Prentice Women's Hospital, which is slated for demolition and a redesign. An ongoing debate rages between those who believe great works that inform our present viewpoint should be preserved, and those who think we need to move forward with new projects. As Eddy puts it, "Who determines the future of the past?