On July 21, 1919, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.’s Wingfoot Express dirigible took a joyride from Grant Park over the Loop, with catastrophic effects. The blimp caught fire and crashed into the skylight of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank on LaSalle Street and Jackson Boulevard in Chicago’s busy Loop business district. Thirteen people … Continue reading The Loop explosion of the Wingfoot Express blimp