A truly economic use of space

摘要

In 2008, the University of Chicago announced plans to acquire the Chicago Theological Seminary, with the intention of using that building to expand the university's world-renowned economics department. At the time, the acquisition was controversial. Preservation Chicago was concerned enough about the nearly 90-year-old seminary losing its historical identity the advocacy group put the building on its annual "Most Threatened" list. Some faculty members weren't thrilled about a research institute within the proposed complex being named (along with Nobel laureate Gary Becker) for Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, a polarizing figure in academia.