Moving Pillsbury Forward is holding a signing for a new book on Springfield\u2019s abandoned Pillsbury mill.<\/p>\n
The nonprofit will host author Robert Mazrim as he signs copies of his book \u201cPillsbury Abandoned: Art & Ruin in the Industrial Midwest\u201d. The signing will start 6:30 PM Thursday at the Ursuline Academy.<\/p>\n
The event will also feature a preview of the documentary \u201cRuined\u201d by Los Angeles director Matthew Konicek.<\/p>\n
Mazrim said his book aims to capture the derelict mill as a \u201ddead place,\u201d as well as document art such as graffiti made on the site itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not particularly interested in the history of the mill,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s more interested in the remains as they were when I was first introduced by (Moving Pillsbury Forward President) Chris (Richmond) to the site in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pillsbury mill was established in 1929, supplying thousands of jobs to Springfield residents at the height of the Great Depression. The site closed its doors in 2001.<\/p>\n
Moving Pillsbury Forward purchased the site in 2022 and began tearing down the mill in September 2025. Richmond said demolition is expected to end in a few months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moving Pillsbury Forward is holding a signing for a new book on Springfield\u2019s abandoned Pillsbury mill. The nonprofit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[223,88],"class_list":["post-858343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-books","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}