PEORIA – City officials are asking their state legislative colleagues for a helping hand when it comes to the demolition of two former South Peoria school buildings that have sat empty and abandoned for years.
The two buildings in question, Harrison School, located in the 2700 block of West Krause St., and McKinley School, 1201 W. Adrian G. Hinton Ave., are dangerous and in need of demolition, said City Manager Patrick Urich.
Both schools have been out of commission for years and have sat vacant, largely stripped of anything of value and are now empty husks of buildings, city officials contend. Plans to repair or rehab them have fallen by the wayside under prior owners, and they ve fallen into more disrepair.