Posted Apr 26, 2020, 5:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ardecila
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.
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Would have made excellent film studios. Nearly identical to the old Ryerson Complex that Cinespace took over. Mix of old sawtooth prewar stuff and newer steel sheds.
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