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Despite pleas from community members and preservationists, the options for keeping the structures from being demolished by owner Michael Tadin Jr. appear to be limited.
The immediate fate of the long-abandoned Damen grain silos will remain up in the air as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reviews plans to demolish the century-old concrete structures in Chicago’s Lower West Side neighborhood. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office on Tuesday said the city will defer its decision on pending applications to demolish the silos until federal review is complete. Local ...
City planning officials have agreed to work with IBT Group on redeveloping properties that are part of the Central Manufacturing District.
Proposals being evaluated by local groups and the Department of Planning and Development would introduce new uses to the old Central Manufacturing District on Pershing Road.
The Central Manufacturing District has been largely uninhabited in recent decades, leaving many of these important buildings unused — and unprotected.