Update: The building above has been renovated into RungForWomen.

It can be a little jarring, driving through much of the South Side, which was originally built as residential streetcar suburbs, and then all of the sudden you hit block after block of factories and warehouses in the center of Fox Park.

Update: The building above collapsed suddenly; the property is now part of the RungForWomen campus.

While many factories are gone, there are still remnants, and the various survivors in Fox Park attest to the role of industry even near such exclusive neighborhoods as Compton Heights.

Update: The building above was renovated into apartments.

Buildings such as the old Koken Barber Supply Company have found new life as art galleries and event spaces, located blocks from most houses, making it a perfect late night destination.

I love this giant building on the eastern edge of the neighborhood; its bronze dentillated cornice well out of the reach of scrappers, hopefully.

Update: The building above was renovated into apartments.

You can see the Fox Lumber Company below in the Sanborn Map; its removal allowed for the creation of Fox Park.