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Originally Posted by CCCguy
The USA doesn't do it like Europe. After living here in Barcelona for four years, I have seen many old factories be turned into community centers, work shares, apartments, and offices.
It really is sad they weren't willing to work with buildings that were there. It would have made the neighborhood that much more unique. Now empty lots. Beautiful.
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I'm the first to cheer for creative re-use projects, but not all industrial buildings are created alike. The Finkl buildings were not really suited for re-use, really nothing that could be turned into housing or offices. And most of them were 1950s steel prefab sheds, not a lot of the skilled brickwork or bomb-proof concrete you see in other large complexes.
If you're looking for adaptive reuse, there's plenty of creative proposals in this area alone... R2's entire portfolio is re-use, including the Pickens Kane warehouse on Goose Island and the Morton Salt shed on Elston.