Former Continental Baking site on C&E Line Leveled

[TBurke]

The former Continental Baking (Hostess) site at Diversey and Lakewood was recently leveled across the street from Peerless.  Continental Baking received covered hoppers of flour from the Milwaukee Road up until about 1982 via a spur that ran alongside the east side of the building.  Sometime prior to 1984 the northern end of the bakery was replaced with an outlet store.

You can still see the former spur where it veers off the main track in the middle of Lakewood Avenue and curves toward the northwest.

Soon Peerless and rail service on the C&E North Line will be just a memory too as yet another upscale condo project is planned to replace it the candy company.

[tom mann]

Wow, lot\'s of changes this week.

As for the condo project, are they keeping the old Peerless building at least?

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Thomas Mann
http://www.chicagoswitching.com

[TBurke]

From what I\'ve heard, the Peerless factory will be demolished to make room for yet another upscale housing project, probably dense townhomes or condos.