Invert Chicago’s proposal to build massive underground development on Southeast Side hits legal obstacle [Video]

CHICAGO (WLS) — There is currently a battle over The Invert Chicago’s proposal to build a massive underground development on the city’s Southeast Side.

Steel mills reigned over Chicago’s landscape and economy for more than 100 years. The Southeast Side of the city was home to most of them. But when the last of steel mills closed shop in the 1990s, some left without warning.

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“They up and left and left the community fallen apart,” said Lilly Rivera.

Rivera grew up on the Southeast Side of the city in a family of faithful and steadfast steel workers.

“Both of my grandfathers worked for the steel mills and they came from Mexico knowing that there was a job here for them,” said Rivera.

Rivera remains fully invested in her community. She sits on three boards and now leads the push to convert a former …