A Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily article on student housing reminded me that I’d been meaning to check into the status of Fornelli Hall, a student housing development that occupies a number of floors at the Pittsfield Building, 55 E Washington, in the Loop. I’d been hearing that some of the apartments in the building ...
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I was at a meeting at the Fisher Building yesterday morning. Later in the day I headed for DesignSlinger to learn a bit about the history of this Chicago landmark. DesignSlinger refers to the marine images baked into the terra cotta façade as “a tongue-in-cheek reference to owner Lucius G. Fisher’s last name.” The AIA ...
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