García spearheading revived effort to bring new police station to SW Side

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - There’s a renewed push to turn an abandoned armory on Chicago’s Southwest Side into a police station. 

The Midway Armory at 63rd and Long has sat vacant for several years. State officials have agreed to sell the building to the City of Chicago for just $1 in hopes that it would become a new police station in a part of the city with the fewest officers per capita.

Those plans have hit a roadblock, with Mayor Johnson aiming to use the National Guard building for storage and aviation-related operations.