A Chicago specialty steelmaking fir...

A Chicago specialty steelmaking firm has upgraded its 15-acre site as an example that heavy manufacturing and upscale urban neighborhoods can fortunately coexist. It is a prototype for a cooperative city program to identify and upgrade manufacturing districts.

A. Finkl & Son Co is the largest employer in the Northbranch Industrial Corridor, which also includes 163 other firms. Highlights of Finkl's upgrading program included landscaping and revitalization of its buildings.

The Finkl attribute now includes outdoor benches, recent street-level and pedestrian lighting and