The Mars, Inc. candy factory on Oak Park Avenue in Chicago where good architecture and beautiful surroundings were considered of paramount importance by the late Frank C. Mars, 1953.

In the 1980s and ‘90s, Manufacturing Renaissance reports, about 4,000 of Chicago’s 7,000 factories closed, sucking away 200,000 jobs. Not long after, ... Top right: Darnell Shields Jr’s father Darnell ...

Brown Sugar Bakery owner Stephanie Hart acquired the Cupid Candies Factory to empower her community and make candy, cakes and caramel. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire Ventura ...

PUENTE: In fact, from the 1930s to the '60s, Chicago was the nation's candy capital, and one of the executives at the top was Henry Blommer, Sr. He started the chocolate company with his two ...

Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. She provides details on: Lincoln Park Man Will Skip The ...

The future of Mars Wrigley’s historic Galewood candy factory lies in the hands of real estate veteran Dan McCaffery. Chicago-based McCaffery Interests plans to repurpose the historic site at ...

A proposal introduced to City Council this week would designate the Spanish Revival facade on the Mars Candy Factory in Austin an official Chicago landmark. The building first opened on North Oak ...

PUENTE: Blommer's will transfer that chocolatey scent and its candy-making to its factories located in Pennsylvania, California, and Canada. The plant's closure in Chicago means 250 people will ...

For eight decades, a chocolate factory filled a Chicago neighborhood with a delicious aroma, and jobs. Now it's leaving town. An iconic chocolate factory shuts shop in Chicago | WAMC ...

For eight decades, a chocolate factory filled a Chicago neighborhood with a delicious aroma, and jobs. Now it's leaving town. An iconic chocolate factory shuts shop in Chicago | WWNO ...

For eight decades, a chocolate factory filled a Chicago neighborhood with a delicious aroma, and jobs. Now it's leaving town. An iconic chocolate factory shuts shop in Chicago | WVXU ...