Along a west-side artery, an anachronistic sight: an ancient grain elevator, where grains from the hinterland are stored and still processed today. The worn towers conjure up an earlier period in Chicago’s history, when the invention of the commodities market enabled farmers and speculators to turn grain into gold, among other things.
Harley says
I like that picture and your accompanying words. Those are very big silos; must have held a lot of corn or beans.
Celia says
According to the New City article I linked to, Archer Daniels Midland owns the silos–one of the last working grain complexes in the city (I guess the grain can explode and the dust is also dangerous). Though a friend of ours lives nearby, I’ve never heard anyone mention this place, and I’m not sure what goes on in it. I didn’t realize what I was photographing when I took the picture. What interested me at first was the water tower and how tall everything at this particular nexus was.
kocart says
Wonderful shot. The color in it is glorious.
Celia says
Thanks; I agree.