[LouisVanDerWright]

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.

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.