McKinley Park News – Doomed Factory Harbors Labryinth of Chicago Street Art

Demolition is imminent for the Continental Can Co. buildings at 3715 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, which removes not only a piece of the Original East District of the historic Central Manufacturing District, but also many hundreds of works of street art graffiti painted throughout its long-derelict structures. A filleted fish adorns the Continental Can Co. interior, as depicted in a photo taken on Monday, February 12, 2024, by Julie Jaidinger. Light reflects from standing water in a February 12, 2024, photo of the Continental Can Co. building by Julie Jaidinger. Demonic anguish is pictured in street art inside the Continental Can Co. as captured in a February 12, 2024, photo by Julie Jaidinger. Collapsed ceilings and pipes herald the decay inside the Continental Can Co. building in a February 12, 2024, photo by Julie Jaidinger. The shadow of a wrecking crane looms over the graffiti-adorned loading docks of the Continental Can Co. building in a February 12, 2024, photo by Julie Jaidinger. Layers of graffiti and street art stretch across the interior of the Continental Can Co. buildings as shown in a February 12, 2024, photo by Julie Jaidinger. Looming, wall-filling street art stares out at a wrecked floor of...