THREATENED: GSA Initiates Section 106 Hearings, Despite Confirmation of Their Landmark Eligibility and Unanimous Public Opposition to Demolition of Century and Consumers Buildings (Chicago 7 2011, 2013 & 2022)

By Preservation Chicago

December 31, 2022

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Century Consumers EAR _5_ — The Consumers Building, 1913, Jenney, Mundie & Jensen, 220 S. State Street and The Century Building, 1915, Holabird and Roche, 202 S. State Street. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

Feds urged not to ‘waste’ vintage State Street buildings, Four early 20th-century buildings that the federal government wants to demolish should be saved and rehabbed, commenters at a Thursday evening hearing argued, Dennis Rodkin, Crain’s Chicago Business, 11/10/22

GSA begins public process for Century/Consumers Buildings; The federal agency wants to demolish both towers, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 11/11/22

Downtown’s endangered Century and Consumers buildings deserve landmark status; The city is making the right move by standing up to the feds and formally arguing that the towers are historically and architecturally important, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 9/6/22

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