Demolition debris from the future site of the Bally’s casino has been removed from the Chicago River after a wall collapsed and sent material into the water earlier this month, the company said Friday.
However, the demolition of the former Chicago Tribune Freedom Center printing plant, 77 W. Chicago Ave., remains on hold pending government review of the incident. The site is being prepared for the future Bally’s Chicago Casino.
Perlite, a material used in building insulation, spilled into the river about two weeks ago and was carried upstream, making it difficult to immediately capture it all.
“We worked diligently to remove all the perlite that we are aware of,” Bally’s and its contractor, Chicago Community Builders Collective, said in a statement to the Sun-Times.
