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Metropolitan Correctional Center
71 West Van Buren Street
Chicago IL United States
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1973 | | Finished | 1975 | | Floor Count | 27 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - other | | - courthouse | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - brutalist | | Materials | | - concrete |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 289 ft | | | | | | | |
Description
Architect: Harry Weese Associates
- This unusual skyscraper prison has extremely narrow windows and a sharp triangular shape. It is often compared to old computer cards that used punched slots.
- The prison's triangular shape minimizes the length of corridors to be patrolled.
- The exercise yard is located on the roof, and is hemmed in by a 9m (30-foot) concrete wall with fenced openings.
- The triangle's hypotenuse is on the northeast side, facing a trapezoidal plaza.
- The building adjoins a parking garage at its south end, which is also designed in the brutalist style with projecting concrete supports.
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