69 West Washington in Chicago, Illinois
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69 West Washington in Chicago, Illinois
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69 West Washington
Official name:Cook County Administration Building
Formerly:The Brunswick Building
69 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602 United States
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Quick Facts
  • Construction start: 1962
  • Construction end: 1964
  • Designed by: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
  • Type: Skyscraper
  • Stories: 35
  • Maximum height: 476 feet / 145 meters
Notes
    » 17 October, 2003 - Fire breaks out on the 12th floor of this building. Six people die in a smoke-filled stairwell a few floors above the blaze.
    » 26 November, 2003 - Both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times report an investigation into the deadly blaze shows that firefighters did not take control of the building's public address system, and did not perform adequate searches of the stairwells.
Look For
    »The way the facade of the building spreads outward just above the first floor.
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