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Show , OLD CHICAGO POLICE STATION TO BE RAZED Chicago. July 9.- -'Harmon Street." Chicago's best known police station, is to be torn down. The desk before be-fore which many nororlous criminals have suod while the desk sergeant recorded their names, ages, crimes and guch other statistics as were deemed necessary, the cells where they were held rndlug trial, the court room where they were held to the grand Jury, all must give way to a modern office b'lllding. Action taken b the building and grounds committee of the board of education yesterday means the demolition de-molition of the old station, the fire house adjoining It aod all other buildings build-ings on the Kouth 400 feet of the block. That Is all school property and It has been leased to a company which will erect upon It a 5300,000 ofllce building. |