demolition Archives - Chicago Reader

Open Mike Eagle teaches the Pitchfork crowd about Chicago public housing

Open Mike Eagle shares some of the research behind his album-length love letter to the Robert Taylor Homes.

Tori Marlan explores the people and profiteering in the city’s brick salvage industry.

Countercultural hub 6Odum heads for the wrecking ball, Carrot Top Distribution takes Saki with it as it shuts down, and more.

But our mayor is in a category of his own.

The historic Brand Brewing buildings on Elston may be demolished soon to make way for a Hhgregg store.

A paella parade, an apiary tour, an absinthe tasting, and more.

Numbed by cold, pelted by rain, enduring smashed fingers and toes, poorly paid brick salvagers keep coming back for more.