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

Abandoned since an explosion in 1977, the new owner of the silos has been planning to tear them down — and will begin doing ...

The demolition of 119-year-old grain silos that have been abandoned for almost 50 years may not seem like something that ...

Preservationists and community groups had fought for years to save the old grain elevators, and said tearing them down ...

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

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

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

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago ...

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 on Chicago’s Lower West Side on Aug. 22, 2023. Representatives from Landmarks Illinois and Preservation Chicago both attended the meeting to call on the city to preserve the site.

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