Battered and Bruised, But Still Standing

Lou Cerny says the eye test is all you need when assessing the state of the glass industry in Chicago these days.

“You do see a few cranes here and there,” says Cerny, the vice president and project manager for Chicago-based Arlington Glass, “but four or five years ago, you used to always see 15 cranes anytime you drove through Chicago. You’re lucky to see four or five now.”