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Originally Posted by ardecila
The Federal government did a preservation study on these, and it recommended saving/rehabbing the Century Building while tearing down the three buildings to the south (the North American Bldg and two small shops). A new tower would then be built and integrated with the Century.
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Interesting info. I had no idea that the feds also owned 220 S. State Street. I also always thought that the building's name was 1 Quincy Court, now I know its original name-thanks
At least it isn't completely vacant like the Century Building, there is a Payless shoe store at the base which livens up the street facade a bit. Are there no tenants on the upper floors? I found this 1987 news article saying the there was some renovation work done to the interior of the building.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...ing-park-plaza
I wonder how it has fared since then. After 25 years the interior is certainly ready for some renovations again.
From the outside it seems like it is in better shape than the Century Building. Do you know why the preservation study recommended for this building to be torn down?
I think tearing down the North American Building would be just as bad as destroying the Century Building. Hopefully with the budget deficits the feds won’t have any funding in the near future to construct anything on this site.
Knowing the real name of the building I was able to find a nice picture of how it used to look like in the past.