Southwest Side Chicago residents want old armory turned into police station, but city says it can't happen

Southwest Side residents want old armory turned into police station

CHICAGO -- Seven years after a National Guard armory closed on the city's Southwest Side , a debate is raging over what should happen to the building.Along any sidewalk or road in the 13th Ward, signs are everywhere encouraging calls to Mayor Brandon Johnson because those living in the community want a police station.A now-closed National Guard Armory in the Clearing neighborhood in the 5400 block West 63rd Street, at Long Avenue, is the proposed site for the new police station.

But published reports say city leaders have said the armory cannot be used as a police station because of air traffic safety rules. The armory is located next to a runway at Midway International Airport, and is thus in a runway protection zone.Ald. Marty Quinn said the n newly-constructed John Hancock College Preparatory High School, 5437 W. 64th Pl., is three blocks from the armory and also in a runway protection zone.

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