Salvaging this structure, now on the National Register of Historic Places, required preserving structural support for the Metra tracks that run through the building.
Architects Jim Plunkard and Paul Alessandro talk about some of the issues they faced. And Plunkard muses about the urban field trips he took as a grad student, harking back to the fascination of these little-visited, little-known environments.
This is one of 5 videos on the building.
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