after the air station was closed, most of the facilities were torn down, and the area was converted to civilian use, including a prairie nature area, upscale housing, and a shopping district (glen town center)centered around the old hangar one, which was preserved and incorporated into a shopping mall, in a part of glenview now called the glen. the small, associated navy park and the rededicated hangar were opened in 2003. the old hangar is on the national register of historic places.