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Originally Posted by OhioGuy

Landmarks backs review of Century and Consumer Buildings



If Google ends up taking over the Thompson Center and the government offices currently there need to move elsewhere, could they move into these buildings?

Even the B1M is throwing their hat in the ring!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmiDUw-MPWA

This should draw a few hundred thousand eyeballs.

The video mentions one proposal to convert the buildings into document archives buildings and bricking up the windows on the federal building side.

It also mentions that tearing them down might hurt Chicago's chance of becoming a UNESCO heritage site for its collection of early skyscrapers which would draw additional tourism. Though the 2 are not not listed on the application, it would be seen as detrimental to the application nonetheless.

https://preservationchicago.org/2017/06/...ominated-for-unesco-world-heritage-site/
https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6235/