This 1990 image of the buidling's east face photographed from Lake Shore Park, shows the final permutation of the Chicago Avenue Armory that was demolished after the 1992 Occupied Territory: Art in the Armory MCA exhibition. The original armory structure, below, occupied a fraction of the building's final footprint, which reflected several addition. The lower left 1919 Chicago Daily News photograph shows the original east-facing wall, as based on the Cathedral of St. Cecilia at Albi, France.

This section of Shifting Grounds explores the history of the Illinois National Guard regiments who occupied the Chicago Avenue Armory and presents materials related to the building's history.

The two images, below, show the 1993 demolition of the Chicago Avenue Armory, which revealed some of the original building's architecture. The missing middle section was completed in 1925 as the first addition to the original 1917 building at the eastern (right) end. The left portion of the building still standing was part of the 1940 addition for the Black Horse Troop.