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St. Laurence Elementary School in Grand Crossing. (Rebuild Foundation)

At 72nd and Calumet in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood, a large brick building has sat vacant for over 20 years. Its purpose was once to educate, as St. Laurence, a Catholic elementary school.

Since its 2002 closure, those visiting nearby Meyering Park had the 40,000 square-foot empty brick building to watch over them.

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