The Strange Story Behind This Chicagoland Building

What’s the story behind one of Chicagoland’s most recognizable buildings? If you’ve spent much time driving around the Chicago suburbs, there’s a good chance you’ve seen Concord Place — the massive brown building that has towered over the expressway for decades. For generations of Chicagoland drivers, it became one of those unofficial landmarks that told you exactly where you were. But Concord Place wasn’t always a retirement community, and the history behind this enormous building is stranger than its familiar appearance might suggest. In this video, we dig into the history of Concord Place, how the building came to be, what it was originally built for, and how it became a landmark recognized by countless Chicago-area drivers. If you remember passing this building growing up, let me know what you called it — or what it meant to you — in the comments. #Chicago #Chicagoland #ChicagoHistory