Sustainable Chicago Spring 2009: The End Of Demolition by Dave Hampton

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Late on a Thursday night in June 2005, the local fledgling en- vironmental advocacy group, Urban Habitat Chicago (UHC), got a call about a home that was slated for demolition the following Monday morning. The caller heard we were those enthusiastic young folks who tried to reuse building materials to make new things, and thought we might be able to salvage some things from the house.