The Last Robert Taylor Homes Hi-Rise Demolition, Pt.3

[GAYSHAWN15]

MAN IM AD DAT MY BUILDING 5135,..!

[tbonemagnum]

5135 S FEDERAL ST

[jazzy2u4m]

Thanks, former resident at 4352 S State Street, in the early 60's, life was poor but alright as a child during that period- maybe no so for are parents because they wanted better and things were limited and redlined during that period, many had to hustle and play the game on a different field. Black's were segregated and discriminated against. And many blacks didn't give back in a meaningful way. Maybe? Any way thanks for the footage. vc

[internetme1]

r.i.p 5135

[bigmilk274]

4101 S federal 1501

[jinjinfam]

fuck all you dumb hoes that had something out of pocket to say about any fuckin robert taylor buildins 5100 5135 run this fuck you mean u disrespectful hoes wit yall goofy asses

[canadiancatgreen]

Why not implode the thing?

great video

[artistmac]

Thanks. The city did implode similar high-rises on the lakefront in 1998, but doing that here wouldn't have worked.

There were stores and churches interspersed among these highrises, plus a university to the north and homes to the south. In addition, there is a busy commuter rail line and expressway directly west.

They got very lucky in '98. The dust cloud from the implosion floated out over the lake instead of heading back over the city (sweepers were standing by just in case.)

[canadiancatgreen]

Ah ok thank You

where was this again?

[artistmac]

There were four high-rises on the lake at about 42nd St., identical in design to the Robert Taylor buildings. The residents were moved out of them in 1985, and they sat vacant until they were finally imploded 13 years later. It was a very cold December day, and during the 1 1/2 hour wait, my camcorder batteries went dead. Oh, well.

[canadiancatgreen]

that was unfortunate to have the batteries go dead. what city is this is what I meant.

[artistmac]

This is Chicago. South Side

[chicagocraig]

Nicely done. I live in Washington Park. Near what was the the HOLE (?) 54th and State. Which is where the demolitions began. In 1998. Good riddinance and its great to see the new developements taking hold already! Great footage. I too wanted to video the demolitions

[ljenkin6]

Very cool stuff. I would really like to see what this place looks like in however long it would take to build.

[artistmac]

Remembering the forest of high-rises that used to be there (28 of them in 2 miles), this is like another world. And now it's covered with 6 inches of snow. Bleak, bleak, bleak.

[jakelee16]

U mean this area used to have lots of high rises?

[artistmac]

2 miles of them, from 35th St. almost all the way to 55th St. When you were driving up the Dan Ryan, and passed this area, it looked like an almost continuous wall on the Ryan's east side. I'm going to see if I can find some old pics of what it looked like and make a short video of them:-)

[jakelee16]

COOL! This reminds me of Hillview Ave HDBs back here in Singapore. That are used to make up of 16 blocks (or maybe more or less) of high rises which we call HDB flats. All of them were demolished in under one year.

[doggdadd]

alas! No souvenir brick gatherers like were at the Comiskey demolition, and Robert Taylor and his "monument" are soon to be gone, but yet, the Rome Collosseum still stands, albeit with construction barriers all around it.