This from Steve Redick:
April 2, 1968, just days before the riots erupted. A 5-11 and 3 or 4 specials for a fire in a massive building. The press coverage with the spectacular large format cover photo is sadly a thing of the past now. I have enclosed one of Dave Fornell’s images from that day.
![News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0464-600x472.jpg)
Warren Redick collection
![News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center 4-2-68](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0471-600x373.jpg)
Warren Redick collection
![News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center 4-2-68](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0470-600x402.jpg)
Warren Redick collection
![News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center 4-2-68](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0469-330x600.jpg)
Warren Redick collection
![News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center 4-2-68](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0468-Edit-582x600.jpg)
Warren Redick collection
![News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed mcCormick Place in Chicago on February 13, 1971](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0467-Edit-600x524.jpg)
Warren Redick collection
![News clipping from an historic fire that destroyed the Ford City shopping center 4-2-68](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0465-600x528.jpg)
Warren Redick collection
![historic Chicago fire apparatus battle huge fire](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Squads-at-Ford-City-3-68-600x423.jpg)
Dave Fornell photo