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Tracking the demolition of Bensenville, Ill.

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Bensenville, Ill. is a village located primarily in DuPage County, with a small section located near O'Hare International Airport, northwest of Chicago.  

Bensenville is ground zero for the city of Chicago's $15 billion O'Hare Modernization Program.  The program will improve traffic out of the airport by replacing intersecting runways with parallel ones, the city says.

Since 2003, the city has bought up more than 500 homes and businesses in the area of Bensenville adjacent to the airport.  Bensenville took the city to court to prevent their demolition and in early August 2008, the court ruled in the city's favor.

This blog will track and document the demolition and demise of Bensenville's "acquisition area" through news links and photos. If you have news tips, links or photos related to the demolition, please contact us at windycitizen@gmail.com

We are looking for someone to help edit this blog.  If you're interested, contact us at windycitizen@gmail.com

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Vanishing Village Visual Guide: Mapping our Bensenville Coverage

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BradFlora - Friday, Aug 8, 2008

For those into adding a spatial dimension to a story, I've created a custom Google map that contains all the points highlighted so far on the blog along with links back to the relevant images on the Citizen.

Enjoy this other way to get into the Bensenville story.


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Visitors to the map (link above) can comment, vote and suggestion improvements to it.  Feel free to do any or all those tasks.

BradFlora
Brad Flora is CEO of WindyCitizen.com, a web service that lets people share their favorite Chicago news and events with their friends and neighbors. More

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About this blog

Bensenville, Ill. is a village located primarily in DuPage County, with a small section located near O'Hare International Airport, northwest of Chicago.  

Bensenville is ground zero for the city of Chicago's $15 billion O'Hare Modernization Program.  The program will improve traffic out of the airport by replacing intersecting runways with parallel ones, the city says.

Since 2003, the city has bought up more than 500 homes and businesses in the area of Bensenville adjacent to the airport.  Bensenville took the city to court to prevent their demolition and in early August 2008, the court ruled in the city's favor.

This blog will track and document the demolition and demise of Bensenville's "acquisition area" through news links and photos. If you have news tips, links or photos related to the demolition, please contact us at windycitizen@gmail.com

We are looking for someone to help edit this blog.  If you're interested, contact us at windycitizen@gmail.com

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