>> HEY EVERYONE AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHACAGO TONIGHT.

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TONIGHT.

>>> THE RECENT DEADLY DERAILMENTS IN OHIO BEGGED THE QUESTION , WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THAT HAPPENING HERE IN ILLINOIS.

WE INVESTIGATE.

>> I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THIS STAGE WHO HAS RELEASED A BUDGET PLAN.

>>> OUR POLITICS TEAM ON TONIGHT'S FIRST MAYORAL RUNOFF DEBATE.

>>> AND CHICAGO'S MOST ENDANGERED BUILDINGS.

>>> WE INTRODUCE YOU TO A LOCAL ARTIST CREATING MOSAICS OUT OF UNEXPECTED ITEMS.

NOW TO OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT.

YOU MIGHT RECALL THOSE HORRIFIC IMAGES FROM EAST PALACE DEAN OHIO.

IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF A DERAILMENT OF THAT MAGNITUDE WITH HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS CLOSER TO HOME?

JARED DUG INTO THAT QUESTION AND JOINS US NOW WITH SOME ANSWERS.

HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT ILLINOIS COULD SEE SOMETHING ON THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

>> CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS ARE AT THE CENTER OF TRANSPORTED GOODS IN THIS COUNTRY AND RAIL IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

RAILROADS ARE REQUIRED TO MOVE HAZARDOUS GOODS THROUGH THE COUNTRY BY LAW.

THE RECORD IS RELATIVELY GOOD.

FOLLOWING THE DISASTER IN OHIO, WE LOOK AT THE DATA FROM THE STATE TO DETERMINE THESE HAZMAT INCIDENTS.

THAT TRAIN IN PARTICULAR LEFT FROM ILLINOIS AND TRAVELED THROUGH THE STATE BEFORE IT DERAILED IN OHIO LEAVING IN -- THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IN ITS PATH.

TROUBLING ARE THE DERAILMENTS IN ILLINOIS, SOME OF THEM HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO WATERWAYS AND PROTECTED ANIMALS.

>> SOME OF THE CHEMICALS LEAKED, COAL, PETROLEUM, TELL US WHERE THESE TRAIN ACCIDENTS IN ILLINOIS HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND HOW BIG THEY'VE BEEN.

>> THE COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED ARE AROUND MAJOR RAIL CENTERS LIKE CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS.

IN THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF INCIDENTS IN JOLIET , RIVERDALE, BEDFORD PARK, MOST OF THE DERAILMENTS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES HAVE BEEN HERE IN COOK COUNTY.

THE THIRD HIGHEST NUMBER OF INCIDENTS IN THE COUNTRY INVOLVE THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THE DERAILMENTS CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

>> STILL NOTHING OF THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN EAST PALACE DEAN.

SOME ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS RAIL MERGER THAT HAPPENED OUT THERE.

>> THE MERGER BETWEEN CANADIAN PACIFIC AND KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN PROPOSED THEY CREATE A TRAIN NETWORK BETWEEN CANADA AND MEXICO.

IF IT'S APPROVED, IT WILL GO THROUGH THE AREA, A NUMBER OF NORTHWEST SUBURBS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.

THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE TRANSPARENCY , THERE IS A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES ON HOW MUCH HAZARDOUS MATERIAL WILL INCREASE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

THEY AND THE COMPANIES WILL BE WATCHING FEDERAL REGULATORS TO SEE IF THIS MERGER IS APPROVED.

>> ALL RIGHT JARED, THANKS VERY MUCH.

>>> YOU CAN READ HIS DETAILED REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN ALSO SEARCH ALL RECORDED TRAINED DERAILMENTS, IT'S ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS .

>>> NOW TO MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS GATHERED TO PAY RESPECTS TO ONE OF THEIR OWN.

UNDRESS VELASQUEZ WAS SHOT AND KILLED.

HIS FUNERAL IS TOMORROW AT 10 A.M. WE HAVE MORE ON THE OFFICER'S LIFE AND LEGACY TOMORROW.

>>> A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER WHO LIED ABOUT HIS TIES TO THE COWBOYS IS BACK ON THE CITY PAYROLL.

OFFICER ROBERT BAKER RETURNED TO FULL-TIME DUTY TODAY.

HE WAS SERVING A 120 DAY SUSPENSION.

HIS RETURN COMES TWO WEEKS AFTER MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE DEMANDED POLICE OFFICIALS DO MORE TO WEED OUT EXTREMISTS FROM THE RANKS.

BAKER IS UNDERGOING A REINSTATEMENT PROCESS.

THERE'S MORE ON THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE .

>>> THE BIG TEN MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT TIPPED OFF TODAY AT THE UNITED CENTER.

FRIDAY NORTHWESTERN TAKES ON THE WINNER OF THE ILLINOIS GAME.

TOURNAMENT BIDS ARE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY.

UNITED CENTER CONCESSION WORKERS COULD STRIKE AT ANY TIME AFTER FAILING TO COME TO A CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH MANAGEMENT.

TODAY BOTH BRANDON JOHNSON AND PAUL VALLAS CAN COUNT A FEW MORE FOLKS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE QUARTERS.

JONATHAN RECEIVED THE ENDORSEMENT OF SEI YOU LOCAL ONE.

AND WE LEARNED TODAY THAT THE CHICAGO'S TEACHERS UNION HAS SOME DELEGATES WHO AUTHORIZED UP TO $2 MILLION IN UNION DUES TO SUPPORT BRANDON JOHNSON.

MEANWHILE VALLAS RECEIVED ENDORSEMENT FROM KENNY WILSON WHO FINISHED AROUND 9% OF THE VOTE.

WILSON SPOKE ABOUT HIS CONCERNS WITH JOHNSON'S TIES TO THE TEACHERS UNION .

>>> FACULTY AND STAFF AT CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY VOTE ON WHETHER TO STRIKE.

MEMBERS ARE TAKING A STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE UNION SAYS IT HAS 20 BARGAINING SESSIONS UNDER ITS BELT WITH UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION SINCE JUNE.

THE MAIN ISSUES ARE WORKLOAD AND COMPENSATION.

A UNIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

>>> UP NEXT, WE HAVE MUCH MORE WITH OUR POLITICS SPOTLIGHT TEAM AFTER THIS.

>>> THE CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR SQUARE OFF IN THE FIRST RUNOFF FORUM SO FAR.

THIS AND MUCH MORE INTO NIGHTS SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

TONIGHT WE ARE JOINED BY HEATHER SHARON AND ANGELA ROSA, SENIOR EDITOR OF POLITICS AT WBE CHICAGO.

LET'S START WITH THE MAY ORAL RUNOFF FORUM WHERE PAUL VALLAS AND BRANDON JOHNSON ADDRESS EACH OTHER AS EXTREME.

>> I REALLY FOCUS ON RUNNING THIS CAMPAIGN, THAT'S ALL I WILL APPEAL TO ALL OF CHICAGO.

>> THE REASON PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT OUR CAMPAIGN IS BECAUSE WE ARE TELLING PEOPLE THE TRUTH.

THE REASON WHY FOLKS ARE BEING FORCED OUT OF THE CITY IS BECAUSE IT'S UNSAFE AND THEY ARE BURDENED BY THE PROPERTY TAX THAT WAS CREATED IN 1990 BY PAUL VALLAS.

>> HEATHER, A LOT OF FIRE DIRECTED AT PAUL VALLAS, IT SEEMED A LITTLE MUTED THE OTHER WAY.

ARE THEY BOTH KIND OF ACTING LIKE VALLAS IS THE FRONT RUNNER?

>> IT CERTAINLY SEEMED LIKE JOHNSON WAS MORE AGGRESSIVE OUT OF THE GATE.

BUT VALLAS GOT HIS LICKS IN AS WELL CALLING SOME OF THE REMARKS NONSENSE.

HE ALSO BLAMED THE SCHOOL CLOSURES DURING THE PANDEMIC WHICH WERE SUPPORTED BY THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, AT BRANDON JOHNSON'S FEET.

AND SAYING THAT THE REASON VIOLENCE HAS SURGED IN CHICAGO CLAIMING THE LIVES OF SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN CHICAGO.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN COUNT THAT AS MUTED BUT IT'S A PARTICULARLY POINTED CRITICISM.

>> CERTAINLY BOTH OF THEM GOT THEIR JABS IN.

WE HAVE ENDORSEMENTS COMING IN.

BRANDON JOHNSON GETS DANNY DAVIS, THE CONGRESSMAN, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN TERMS OF VOTES AND BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

>> THE ENDORSEMENTS JUST KEEP ROLLING IN FOR BOTH SIDES.

I THINK THAT'S A MAJOR QUESTION.

I THINK BOTH QUEST -- CANDIDATES ARE LOOKING AT ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES.

YOU COULD ARGUE THE UNIONS LINING UP BEHIND JOHNSON ARE MAYBE NOT UNEXPECTED.

YOU COULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT CONSERVATIVES LINING UP BEHIND PAUL VALLAS WHO HAS SHOWN TO HAVE MORE CONSERVATIVE STRIDE.

THE QUESTION IS, DOES ANYBODY CARE?

ARE PEOPLE GOING TO VOTE BECAUSE OF WHAT ONE OR ANOTHER PERSON SAYS?

WE WILL HAVE TO SEE.

>> IT DOES SEEM LIKE THIS RACE IS ON CERTAIN FAULT LINES.

MAYBE NOT ON RACE ITSELF BUT CERTAINLY CLASS WHEN YOU LOOK AT LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, WORKING-CLASS FOLKS BEHIND BRANDON JOHNSON AND THE MONEY GOING TO PAUL VALLAS.

LOTS OF THE 1% OF CHICAGO, IN VERBAL SUPPORT.

>> THIS IS A CLASSIC CASE OF MANAGEMENT VERSUS LABOR.

I THINK BOTH JOHNSON AND VALLAS ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION BEING SORT OF THE LINE THAT THIS FALLS ON.

BUT THERE WAS ONLY A FEW THINGS THAT THEY AGREED ON.

THEY BOTH DON'T LIKE THE AUTOMATIC PROPERTY TAX HIKE, THEY DON'T LIKE THE SPEED CAMERAS AND THEY DON'T LIKE THE MILLENNIUM PARK CURFEW FOR TEENAGERS.

BEYOND THAT THEY ARE OPPOSED ON HOW THE CITY SHOULD RUN.

>> DO WE KNOW HOW ANY OF THEM FEEL ABOUT THIS WHOLE NASCAR EVENT HAPPENING THIS SUMMER AND THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THE SAME WEEK THE TASTE OF CHICAGO IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN SO THE TASTE IS MOVING TO THE NAVY PIER WE THINK?

>> WE DON'T KNOW.

EVERY YEAR THE CITY HAS TO APPROVE A SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE AND USUALLY THIS IS A ROUTINE ORDINANCE.

THIS YEAR IT IS STALLED BECAUSE ALDERMAN BRENDAN RILEY WHO REPRESENTS DOWNTOWN, WAS FURIOUS TO LEARN THE TASTE OF CHICAGO WAS MOVED.

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HOLD IT IN GRANT PARK BECAUSE THERE WILL BE ALL OF FOUR DAYS THIS SUMMER OF THE 87 DAY SUMMER THAT GRANT PARK WILL BE FULLY OPEN.

BECAUSE OF THE RACE AND LOLLAPALOOZA.

>> THAT'S AN AMAZING STAT.

ONLY FOUR DAYS THAT THIS PUBLIC PARK , CHICAGO'S FRONT YARD, PEOPLE RELAXING .

ONLY FOUR DAYS THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN USE THE ENTIRE PARK BECAUSE OF THESE EVENTS?

>> WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON THIS.

WHAT IS CHICAGO FOR?

WHAT IS THE PARK FOR?

YOU COULD ARGUE THAT, IT MAKES A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE CITY AND YOU HAVE THESE HUGE FESTIVALS .

I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE ATHLETIC ONES WORRY ABOUT SOFTBALL AND THEY CAN'T PLAY THERE ANYMORE.

SO THE QUESTION IS WHO ARE THESE PARKS FOR.

WE START RUNNING OUT OF TIME AND ROOM TO GET TO THE PARK.

WHO IS A REALLY FOR?

>> I SHOULD MENTION THAT WHEN I PLAYED BASEBALL WE USED THE SOFTBALL DIAMOND THAT GRANT PARK, NOW NO ONE CAN DO THAT EXCEPT FOR THOSE FOUR DAYS.

SO YOU MENTIONED THE ALDERMEN DELAYING THIS, HOW DOES THIS GET RESOLVED?

>> WE HEARD ALDERMAN RILEY SAY THIS SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE NEXT MAYOR.

HOWEVER, THE TASTE OF CHICAGO IS NOT AN EVENT THAT GETS PUT ON OVERNIGHT AND THEY NEED TO APPROVE THIS NOW.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME SUGGESTIONS MAY BE A SHOULD MOVED TO THE SOUTH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT BUT TIME IS TICKING AND THIS WILL BE ANOTHER INDICATION THAT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS GOING TO FACE A VERY TOUGH PERIOD GETTING ANYTHING THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL.

>> THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A HEARING ON THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THAT GOT CANCELED.

IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE'S SWORN IN.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS OFFICER ROBERT BAKER WHO HAD TIES TO THE PROUD BOYS.

ANGELA, HOW IS IT THAT HE'S ABLE TO HAVE HIS JOB BACK AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT HE'S DOING WITH THE CPD.

>> I THINK CPD HAS AN ISSUE.

HE'S AMONG A NUMBER OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN TIED TO EXTREMISM GROUPS , THERE'S ANOTHER OFFICER WHO WAS A PART OF THE MARCH 20th 2020 PROTESTS.

>> LET'S NOT GET OUR PERCENTAGES CONFUSED.

>> HE'S BEEN INVESTIGATED MULTIPLE TIMES BY POLICED BUT HASN'T FACED ANY DISCIPLINE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THESE EXTREMIST GROUPS HAVE SOME INTEGRITY ISSUES AND SOME ABUSE ISSUES AND POTENTIALLY THERE ARE TIES TO JANUARY SIXTH.

ARE THESE PEOPLE WE WANT TO BE LEADING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT?

THERE ARE LOTS OF LITTLE INTRICACIES AND RULES THAT GOVERN HOW YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, IS IT TRULY AN EXTREMISM GROUP?

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM THE COUNCIL SAYING WE REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO ROOT OUT INDIVIDUALS.

THERE'S MORE THAN A DOZEN POLICE OFFICERS LAST YEAR FOUND TO BE TIED TO THIS AND SOME OF THEM ARE STILL ON THE FOREST.

IT KEEPS COMING BACK TO HAUNT THE COMMUNITY AS THEY INVESTIGATE.

>> IT'S CERTAINLY DANGEROUS TO HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATING WITH THESE GROUPS.

IT SEEMS LIKE CPD WASN'T REALLY DIVULGING MUCH.

SO WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO?

WILL HE BE TROLLING?

>> I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HE WILL BE TASKED TO DO AS A POLICE OFFICER BECAUSE THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS, AND I SPOKE WITH BRIAN JOHNSON, OF THE LGBTQ CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, HE SAID PEOPLE IN CHICAGO WILL NOT FEEL SAFE BECAUSE THE CANNOT TRUST THESE OFFICERS TO PROTECT THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS.

THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL INTEGRITY ISSUE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY CASES OVER THE YEARS WHERE THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS FALLEN SHORT IN POLICING ITS OWN AND THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST RECENT HIGH PROFILE EXAMPLE OF THOSE INTRICACIES GETTING IN THE WAY OF HOLDING OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE.

>> WE HAVE SAID MANY TIMES THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SAID HE COULDN'T BE RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A PICNIC OUT IN GRANT PARK ON ONE OF THE FOUR DAYS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE THE ENTIRE PARK.

>>> UP NEXT, WHAT BUILDINGS ARE ON THIS YEAR'S ENDANGERED LIST?

>> WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?

WHERE ARE WE AT ?

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

>> ESSENTIALLY TO HELP EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH ACADEMIC SUPPORT, OR JUST SUPPOSED -- PROVIDING A SAFE PLACE FOR THE YOUTH.

>>> IS AN ANNUAL REPORT AIMED AT HIGHLIGHTING HISTORIC CHICAGO BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN MOST DANGER OF DEMOLITION.

THE MOST ENDANGERED LIST WAS CREATED TO SOUND THE ALARM AND RALLY SUPPORT FOR SUCH BUILDINGS.

THE LATEST LIST IS OUT TODAY HOT OFF THE PRESSES.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS WARD MILLER OF THE PRESERVATION SECTOR OF CHICAGO.

REMIND OUR VIEWERS WHY YOU PUT THIS LIST OUT.

>> WE DO IT TO SPOTLIGHT AND HIGHLIGHT THESE BUILDINGS.

OFTEN TIMES PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF THESE STRUCTURES BEING IN DANGER.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SPOTLIGHT AND HONED IN TO TELL THAT HISTORY AND TELL THE ISSUE IN FRONT OF US.

WHY THESE MIGHT BE IN DANGER.

>> WE WILL DIVULGE THE ENTIRE LIST, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ON YOUR LIST.

FIRST THE CENTURY AND CONSUMERS BUILDING.

THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN SLATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR DEMOLITION.

>> THESE TWO BUILDINGS FROM 1915 AND 1916 ARE PART OF THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND THEY ARE IMPORTANT HISTORIC SKYSCRAPERS.

THEY ARE CONSIDERED TOO CLOSE TO THE FEDERAL CENTER.

THE JUDGES THAT HAVE OFFICES IN THAT BUILDING, IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THESE BUILDINGS ARE SPECTACULAR AND THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR MORE THAN 17 YEARS AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN ALLOWED TO FALL INTO DISREPAIR.

THESE ARE REALLY LANDMARK QUALITY BUILDINGS, THE LANDMARKS DIVISION HAS DETERMINED THEY DO FIT QUALIFICATIONS FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION.

>> I KNOW THERE'S A DEBATE HERE BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOCATED MONEY TO TEAR THESE BUILDINGS DOWN, THEY ARE AFRAID IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE FEDERAL BUILDING AND MAYBE A SNIPER COULD HANG OUT ON ONE OF THE FLOORS.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE JUST AS CLOSE SO WE ARE WONDERING WHY THESE ARE BEING SELECTED.

AND IS THIS SETTING A NATIONAL PRECEDENT FOR ANY BUILDING THAT MAY BE TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER GSA.

WE HAVE A PLAN TO MAKE THIS AN ARCHIVE CENTER BUILDING.

ARCHIVES ARE LIGHT-SENSITIVE SO WE COULD BLOCK WINDOWS FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING THAT WOULD ALLOW THE BUILDINGS TO LOOK LIKE THEY DO NOW, ALTHOUGH BETTER BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE CLEANED UP AND RESTORED, AND THESE ARCHIVES COULD INDIVIDUALLY WORK ON ONE OF THESE FLOORS AND HAVE THE HIGHEST SECURITY LOCKED UP.

>> WE WILL SEE IF ANYONE IN THE GOVERNMENT IS LISTENING TO YOU.

ALSO ON YOUR LIST, NOT ONE BUILDING BUT ALL THE TERRA-COTTA BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT CHICAGO.

>> IN AREAS OF GREAT INVESTMENT AND AREAS OF COMPLETE DISINVESTMENT, WE SEE THESE SMALL TERRA-COTTA BUILDINGS UNDER SIEGE AND DEMOLISHED.

CHICAGO WAS A TERRA-COTTA CENTER.

PEOPLE FORGET HOW SPECIAL THESE BUILDINGS ARE.

TERRA-COTTA IS LIKE A MOLDED BRICK THAT CAN BE SHAPED AND COLORED.

IT CAN BE ORNAMENTED, AND REPLICATED AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING MATERIAL THAT IS SO CHICAGO IN SO MANY ASPECTS.

IT'S A MATERIAL AND A BUILDING TYPE FOUND IN NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE FIND THIS TO BE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT TO RETAIN.

>> I RECOGNIZE ONE OF THOSE IN EDGEWATER.

>> ALSO THE WAREHOUSE IN THE WEST LOOP .

THIS HOLDS IMPORTANT CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE.

>> WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF THESE KINDS OF BUILDINGS BUT, THIS IS THE HOME OF HOUSE MUSIC.

IT GAINED ITS NAME FROM THE WAREHOUSE.

THIS IS WHERE FRANKIE KNUCKLES STARTED HIS CAREER SPINNING RECORDS.

THIS WAS A VERY POPULAR PLACE IN THE 1970S AND 1980S WHERE HOUSE MUSIC WAS ESSENTIALLY BORN IF YOU WILL.

WE FIND THIS TO BE AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

IT'S IN THE WEST LOOP AND IT'S FOR SALE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S ALSO NEXT TO A LARGER SITE WHICH HAS A SMALL RESTAURANT.

>> CERTAINLY HOUSE MUSIC HAS BEEN SO INFLUENTIAL IN THE WORLD.

WE WILL SEE IF I CAN GET PRESERVED.

SO YOU PUT THIS LIST OUT FOR 20 YEARS, ARE THERE ANY NOTABLE BUILDINGS YOU HAVE SAVED?

>> OH MY GOSH.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITES.

>> COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL, THE OLD MAIN POST OFFICE, NUMEROUS RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS AND CHURCHES.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, A FEW YEARS AGO WE WERE THE FORCE THAT GOT THE MOBLEY HOUSE LANDMARKED.

IT HAD VACANT LOTS TO ITS NORTH, THIS WAS THE SITE THAT WE WANTED RECOGNIZED FOR A LONG TIME SO THAT'S IMPORTANT ALONG WITH THIS GROUP OF 15 HOUSES ON THE NEAR NORTH SIDE IN AND AROUND NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE THAT WERE SURVIVORS AND HADN'T BEEN TAKEN DOWN BY LARGER DEVELOPMENTS.

>> WHEN FOLKS NOTICE THESE GREAT OLD BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THEIR LIVES, THEY CAN THANK YOU FOR THE WORK OF SAVING THEM.

>> THANK YOU HARRIS ALWAYS AMAZED TO BE HERE.

>> YOU CAN FIND THE FULL LIST OF MOST ENDANGERED BUILDINGS ON OUR WEBSITE WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>>> UP NEXT, MAKING ART OUT OF UNEXPECTED OBJECTS BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> UNEXPECTED HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FROM AN ARTIST MAKING PORTRAITS FROM HER INNER CHILD.

>> TYPICALLY MOSAICS ARE MADE OF COLORFUL BROKEN PIECES OF TILE, STONE OR GLASS BUT NOT USUALLY PRESSED.

>> I THOUGHT I NEEDED MORE COLOR.

THIS GAVE ME ALL THE COLOR I NEEDED AND THAT IT WAS LIKE, THE REST IS HISTORY.

>> IT WAS HER PIECE TITLED PICTURE DAY.

>> THE BURETTE SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO CHILDHOOD JOY.

I HEAR THEM.

EVERY ACCESSORY HOLDS SOME TYPE OF MEMORY FOR ME.

IT'S JUST COMFORTING.

I DON'T THINK I APPRECIATED IT AS MUCH BEFORE, ME TURNING IT INTO ART HAS GIVEN ME A GREATER APPRECIATION JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THEY WERE TO MY CHILDHOOD.

ALL THESE ACCESSORIES SHOWS THE EVOLUTION OF A BLACK GIRL FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE AND INTO WOMANHOOD.

>> FROM COCOA BUTTER TO BAMBOO EARRINGS AND EVERY BOBBY PIN IN BETWEEN.

THESE PIECES NOT ONLY REFLECT HER GROWTH AS A WOMAN BUT THE SACRIFICE IT TOOK TO GET THERE.

>> I LEFT MY JOB, AND DECIDED TO PURSUE ARTFUL TIME.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE EVERYTHING TO THE ART.

I WAS FEELING LIKE I NEEDED TO GIVE IT MY ALL IN ORDER TO DO WELL.

I WAS ALREADY, STILL DOING LOCAL SHOWS.

BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

I WAS NEVER GOING TO BE OKAY WITH GIVING WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO I'M LIKE OKAY, I HAVE TO GIVE THIS THING MY ALL.

>> FROM A SKETCH TO COMPLETED MOSAIC EACH PIECE TAKES ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

SHE REMAINS ROOTED IN HER PASSION WHILE ALSO HOPEFULLY INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION.

>> I THINK ART HAS THE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT THE MINDS OF THE NEXT GENERATION.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT ONLY SHOW THEM, BUT TO GUIDE THEM AND LEAVE A BLUEPRINT FOR THEM.

ALSO THAT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE FEEL EMPOWERED.

WHETHER IT'S ART OR NOT.

I THINK THAT'S THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD.

>> SHE IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW SHE CAN SHIP HER MOSAICS WITH ALL THE BURETTE'S REMAINING INTACT.

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JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 10:00.

THE FUNERAL FOR CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER ANDRE VASQUEZ WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST WEEK.

AND RESIDENTS VOTE TO REOPEN THE GREEN LINE STOP.

NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.