Redoing the Roos - Forest Park Review

Forest Park Review

Redoing the Roos - Forest Park Review

Much like the rest of the village of Forest Park, the Roos Recreation Center lot at Harrison Street has a history more than a century long — and its history will soon expand, both physically and figuratively. In 2013, the Park District of Forest Park bought the 85,000-square-foot building on Harrison Street, constructed in 1918, for $499,000. A month later, a portion of the ceiling collapsed. The village then slated the structure for emergency d…