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Infiltration Forums > US: Great Lakes > A Factory in Chicago(Viewed 714 times)
trapped.in.the.bando location:
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A Factory in Chicago
< on 2/18/2021 7:52 PM >
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This is my first post to this site, so I'd actually like to introduce myself a little as well. My name is Miguel and i'm a Chicago native, and I have only just now really taken this up as a hobby-but this place i'm going to detail, i've been to multiple times over the years, as it's quite iconic among young Chicagoans. I can actually say this place is what got me into Urbex, as i've never gotten my skinny ass into the Damen Silos- and good luck to you getting in there, but if you do DM me and tell me how. Please?

Anyway, getting in this spot was quite a journey. Have to hike it through an active train yard that was somehow still buried in 4 feet of snow. So, when we got to the lower portion of roof where we would be climbing a tree skinnier than me to get up top, I was already out of breath. If security or cops shown up right then I probably would've been stuck in place.

After climbing up to the roof we made our way through the various portions of the building's architecture, to a point where you could actually enter the building and not fall 30 feet straight into a wheelchair. See, all along the roof there's wide open giant factory windows and a few doors even, but most lead right into quite a drop.

However, the whole way there I could only think about how burnt out everything looked, and how if the roof wasn't frozen solid as rock, I probably wouldn't be caught dead in the same position I was in just then. I've never been there during the summer, so I don't know how the sagging and burnt out roof featuring plenty of giant holes in it doesn't collapse anytime someone walks on it during a slightly humid summer day - but that's beyond me.

Once getting in, we're walking down a dusty stairway to the ground floor. This building is only two floors in most places, but we were at the top. The whole way down is coated in a gleaming coat of colorful paint. "At the least the graffiti writers use pretty colors" I think.

Once we exit the stair way and enter into the office spaces partitioning the stairs from the main factory floors, the same welcome feeling of amazement that's washed over me every time I step foot in this place, encompasses me again. I love being here, and I don't know why, but I'm glad I'm here. There's still office supplies strewn around, papers dating back to the 90s and markings all over the walls driving home the feeling of eerie misplacement.

Next, the factory floors. My favorite part. Giant, overbearing rooms filled to the brim with old artifacts and machinery, yet still mostly empty and barren. Quite a juxtaposition, but I hope some of you reading this will make it in there one day to see what I mean.

We walk through the various rooms, all interconnected and winding together in a head boggling way. I love getting lost in this place, because as the way off the premises is the roof anyway, no matter where you are - just find a staircase and you're out. Getting lost here isn't an inconvenience or scary, it's a rare adventure I've came to crave for whatever reason.

We then make our way to what I think were storage rooms, or just smaller factory floors. They're smaller than the main factory rooms. But- packed literally from the ground, to the roof, and from either side of the room, and in multiple rooms, are just MATTRESSES. I mean 100s of 1000s of mattresses just piled up in these rooms. A squatter's dream- part of the reason I don't go here in the summer.

I don't like this area, but my friend thinks a way down might be ahead. I try to steer clear of here whenever I explore this place, as it's musty and dank as all hell in there and full of vermin carcasses and dirt and just everything an abandoned building full of rotting mattresses soaked in dirty water has to offer. Seriously, if you go here, do go to this area. This is where the mounds of Pigeon shit and mold and Rat nests in this Bando congregate.

Long story short, the area leading downward my friend saw and thought could be the basement, was actually just a garage door sealed nice and tight. See, getting into the basement matters so much because- It's completely flooded usually. Basement is the one place in this factory i've never seen myself or seen in a youtube video or seen anywhere. If we could find an unflooded area of the basement to make our way down, who knows what could be happening there.

After this disappointment, we are sadly getting cold. We expected to be here at least until sunrise, but frostbite isn't worth it. This place is mere miles from my home and hopefully won't be going anywhere anytime soon.

We made our way out.

Below are the few pictures I've taken of this explore. I discovered this site ironically a few days after my most recent trip that I just chronicled, so I hadn't much incentive to take pictures when I was there. But I will be going back in the NEXT FEW DAYS, and will take as many pictures I can without just walking around the whole time with my phone out being easily robbable or arrest able. As a compromise for the lack of pictures currently, I made this long post detailing the location. My next post with many more images probably won't have near as much flowery writing - But if you're interested, look out! I'll also be making posts on two other locations in the coming days, probably tomorrow.

https://imgur.com/mQuZHg3

https://imgur.com/zaqMAg7

https://imgur.com/q8wfkQp

https://imgur.com/nwI4oaJ

https://imgur.com/D7xxllX

https://imgur.com/cxK7FLO

https://imgur.com/LcVMFw1

https://imgur.com/tVLOyJo

https://imgur.com/oZY0OzD

Theres's an image of one of the burnt out vehicles on the roof. Theres's like 3 cars up there, and I'll get better images next time i'm there. There's also a burnt out mustang inside the building everyone and their Mom takes pictures with that I just cannot find no matter how many times I go there, so maybe next time that'll be documented too.





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Re: A Factory in Chicago
<Reply # 1 on 2/19/2021 7:33 AM >
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Welcome, I wondered when that spot would get cracked again. The fires a few years ago were expected, but there's still plenty of wooden roof to burn. See it while you can.

PS... issa Corolla, not a Mustang. There's also a box van in one of the lower parts. I have no doubt someone was running a chop shop in there at some point.




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Re: A Factory in Chicago
<Reply # 2 on 2/19/2021 1:38 PM >
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Posted by jonrev
PS... issa Corolla, not a Mustang. There's also a box van in one of the lower parts. I have no doubt someone was running a chop shop in there at some point.


Gen II I believe. 70-74. I wanna say this is a latter year, because I think, think, that run started with a metal grill and this one is clearly plastic. Not really a Jap guy, but I kinda dig the front of these. I would drive one!




jgomez12 location:
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Re: A Factory in Chicago
<Reply # 3 on 2/22/2021 3:48 PM >
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Welcome Miguel! Thanks for the post.



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