Former Cook County poor farm should be historical attraction

…the Oak Forest site, which became a TB sanitarium, would be a great place to have a center on the history of public health care.

This not only is a special opportunity to educate schoolchildren but to provide seminars for higher education on such subjects.

And it could become a tourist attraction that would benefit Southland communities and businesses if handled properly. The Oak Forest Metra station and Interstate 57 offer easy access to the property from downtown Chicago…Please click here to read Phil Kadner’s full column in the Southtown Star.