LOSS: After 17 Years of Neglect, GSA Pursues Emergency Demolition of 212 S. State, Located Between Century and Consumers Buildings (Chicago 7 2011, 2013, 2022 & 2023)

By Preservation Chicago

December 31, 2023

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7f3a7ef0607a0e39aa29c48ec5f8ba33_teqz29 — 208-212 S. State Street, 1920, Benjamin Marshall. Photo credit: Eric Allix Rogers

Feds begin demolition of three-story State Street building between historic skyscrapers that could be next, Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 4/19/23
State Street sidewalk closed at Adams; feds cite pedestrian danger at buildings it wants to raze; Fences were erected days after Preservation Chicago put the buildings at 202 and 220 S. State St. on its ‘most endangered’ list, calling for efforts to save them, David Roeder Chicago Sun-Times, 3/14/23
Federal Government Plans to Demolish Century-Old Building Next to Threatened Historic Skyscrapers, Nick Blumberg, WTTW Chicago,

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