Quite a bit of debris remains, but little else other than memories, of the Loyola University Chicago Centennial Forum demolition in Rogers Park. 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. Now the entire structure is gone, and work is being done below grade to close off the multi-level plaza that connected Centennial Forum to Mertz Hall next door.

Power Construction is the general contractor for the entirety of this project, but it still seems the only plan for the site is to make it “green space.” Not permanently, but green nonetheless. For now.

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.