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Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson
yeah, 1937 but blended where? as an addition? to the side? or simply on the bones of the demolished original? and 749,000 square feet?? wtf? with this frontage it'd have to go all the way to the river to tip the scales at three-quarters of a million square feet.
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Please refer to my post of a couple page back showing the building over the years:
7 pictures on page 694.
The last exterior pic is from 1965, showing the reading room building added immediately to the left of the tower. The original church site is now a parking lot.
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