The Power Plant

CTL-E-1190 · Venue · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

1015 N. Halsted St.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BMI-002; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BMI-002:the-power-plant; source research type(s): venue. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

City of Chicago Warehouse landmark report
City landmark report
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Landmark report (2023); Warehouse history (Wikipedia); SPIN (2014)
Resident Advisor/RA archivist description (via YouTube)

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