Encyclopedia ofChicago

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Business Loss or Balanced Growth: Industrial Displacement in Chicago, 1986

 

 

 

Business Loss or Balanced Growth: Industrial Displacement in Chicago, 1986

The administration of Harold Washington commissioned reports on industrial displacement in Chicago. The Washington report embraced protection of industrial zones across Chicago, including Goose Island. The Daley administration designated Goose Island a Protected Manufacturing District in 1990.