#train #railroad Metra UP-North, Ogilvie to Clybourn – RIP Cassidy Tire Bldg, 1902-2022

It was built in 1902 as a factory and warehouse for the glass company Tyler & Hippach. When the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad built its Madison and Canal Terminal several years later, the warehouse was moved on log rollers 168 feet east and 52 feet south of its original location, to 344 N. Canal.
https://www.npr.org/local/309/2019/06/06/730072000/what-s-that-building-the-cassidy-tire-building-s-unusual-escape-from-demolition

Of course, it did NOT escape demolition. It will be replaced by — another steel and glass residential highrise. https://chicagoyimby.com/2022/03/demolition-begins-for-344-n-canal-street-in-fulton-river-district.html

July 30, 2019
0:00 – Ogilvie Transportation Train Shed
0:23 – Green Line tracks
0:54 – Inbound UP commuter train
1:10 – Wm. J. Cassidy Tire Building Building

July 30, 2022
1:50 – Green Line tracks
2:51 – Wm. J. Cassidy Tire vacant lot (and Building)
3:30 – “Tickets, please!”
4:04 – Tank Cars
4:31 – Salvation Army Water Tower and Thrift Store
5:03 – Chicago Tribune Freedom Center (possibly the new home of the casino)
6:53 – Former Morton Salt shed, now a concert arena