What’s That Building: Yukon Building

The Yukon building is a two-story structure built in 1898 by the Boston-based real estate investor who also put up the Rookery, the Monadnock and the Marquette in Chicago. The Yukon was always meant to be a temporary building, and yet has stood for more than 120 years. Now, the property taxes are delinquent and at least three tenants have vacated their spaces in recent months. How much longer can the Yukon last? Reset gets the full story from Dennis Rodkin, senior reporter covering residential real estate for Crain’s Chicago Business. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.