The Port of Chicago is not just a scar on the city’s shoreline and a threat to the environment. It’s a drag on economic growth. – Chicago Tribune*

"Sitting at the far southeastern edge of the city, just east of the Chicago Skyway Bridge and only 1,500 feet from the Indiana state line, the dock can’t bear enough weight to do what Duluth and Cleveland can do: export containers on ships bound for overseas. It can’t do what Burns Harbor and Milwaukee can do: import wind turbine blades from Europe or Asia...The story of how it sank into such neglect is pure Chicago."