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Originally Posted by josh white
If there actually is intact original facade underneath, it is definitely worth the effort to incorporate it into the development.
I wouldn't count on it though. I doubt brookfield even knows about the original appearance. It might be worth suggesting it to them.
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A professor of mine told me about a year or so ago that the original facade is supposedly fairly intact, and I wouldn't doubt it. Looking at the pictures reinforces my belief that the facade is intact due to the excessive amounts of material used to cover the antique. It seems to me that they didn't strip the building down to the structure, rather they just covered it over.
Dizzy, I just noticed you said basically exactly the same thing.
And to me it looks nothing like a Sullivan, unless you consider ALL late 19th/early 20th century commercial structures similar. I adore the Old Herald building, but don't think its up to old Louis' standards in all honesty.