Demolition for the historic Damen Silos on Chicago's Southwest Side was supposed to begin Monday, despite a yearslong battle ...

Crews are demolishing the historic Damen Silos in McKinley Park, starting with the south building, using high-reach ...

The city said the silos on Chicago's Southwest Side would be taken down little by little, with no use of explosives. Sabrina ...

Frustration with the silos’ owner boiled over during a public meeting. It’s not clear yet how the riverfront site would be ...

The Chicago Department of Buildings said the demolition of the structures would be “environmentally complex” — with concerns ...

Chicago has granted demolition permits for a collection of grain elevators that preservationists have sought to preserve.

Chicago's Department of Buildings approved the permit days after outlining a plan for the demolition at a community meeting ...

The Damen Silos complex on Chicago’s Lower West Side on Aug. 22, 2023. When the Santa Fe Railroad built the Damen Silos in 1906, Chicago ruled the wheat market.

The Damen Silos face the Canalport Riverwalk in Bridgeport. Credit: S. Nicole Lane Walking toward the Canalport Riverwalk, a crane lifts shredded metals as traffic speeds toward a bridge. A ...

If the Damen Avenue Silos are demolished, they will take with them some of the final remains of Carl Sandburg’s poetic salute to Chicago: “Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of ...