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Old Posted Jun 6, 2020, 7:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ardecila View Post
If the Great Depression hadn't happened, it's likely we would have had a whole Art Deco neighborhood where Illinois Center and Lakeshore East now stand. Holabird and Root drafted several schemes for the "Illinois Central Air Rights Development".
The old proposal:



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