Those proud words would protect it from fire but would be no match for dynamite.

You are viewing this scene from the also to be demolished 20th Street Viaduct looking North East at the base of the structure.
A supporting column wrapped with dynamite towers over a man in the final stages of the preparation to implode this structure. Some of the bottom portions and part of the North side up to 75 feet high were gouged out to aid the structure falling away from the viaduct.

All of the North side columns were wrapped in dynamite up 20 feet from the ground and some of the dirt below removed to allow the fallen building more room. The area to the left was used for rail lines for distribution of grains and various products.

More recently, the area had been used to park semi tractor trailers with the large letters "Truckers Terminal" painted high on the massive wall.

I refer to the building as the Firemen's Grain Elevator.  
The taller distant warehouses still remain. The Student Movers Warehouse, center, was incorporated into the very North East corner of Coor's Field. The distant Awalt Warehouse at 23rd Street/Viaduct and Blake Street (now Park Avenue West) still stand today.