Demolition is ongoing — and darn fun to watch — on the Rogers Park campus of Loyola University Chicago, where the Centennial Forum is being reduced to rubble. The City of Chicago issued a demolition permit for the two-story concrete building on May 23, and demo contractor American Demolition got to work almost immediately.
Power Construction is the general contractor for the entirety of this project, but as yet, I haven’t a clue what Loyola plans to erect on this site once demolition wraps up. I *can* tell you that the tall tower in the background of many of these photos — Mertz Hall — is *not* being torn down.
Here’s a whole bunch of photos from the action from Wednesday, June 26. I stood and watched a lot longer than I’d plan. That’s easier to do with demolition than with construction, because so much changes in so little time. Take a photo of a wall or beam, look in another direction, and suddenly there’s no more wall. So cool.
Building Up Chicago 
Another part of my childhood razed and gone. 😞
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How many hours my friends and I spent in that student union, gabbing through breakfast, lunch, and studying and snacking… putting another song on the juke box. My future husband and I were good friends there, and building a relationship, and now that physical building is no more. Our daughter ended up at Loyola, and worked the front desk in that hall. I am glad for the memories, and sad that it can no longer be revisited. Life goes on. Thanks for the photos, though!
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