via [ WBEZ - NPR Chicago ] by Michael Peunte

JONES: Once it’s torn down you’re looking at an empty lot and you say what is that empty lot contributing to this community? But if you look at a building and the building has a fence around it, it’s a historic structure and it’s targeted for revitalization, then investors begin to look at the area slightly differently, rather than looking at an empty lot.

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