School’s out for…ever at old Kennedy-King College
By Lee BeySchool’s out for…ever at old Kennedy-King College
By Lee Bey
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Demolition is going on full-tilt at the massive old Kennedy King College campus at 69th and Wentworth. Aw, don’t act so surprised about the building being torn down. I told you about it earlier this year.
The Brutalist concrete college once straddled Wentworth Avenue, much like the Old Main Post Office does at the mouth of the Eisenhower Expressway. But as you can see from the above photo, the wings on the west side of Wentworth are gone now, leaving behind rubble and upturned dirt. On the east side of‚ the avenue, workers have pretty much stripped the structure bare, exposing concrete columns and walls as a prelude to ultimately clearing that site as well: