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With a bulldozer about to crush a unique example of neoclassical architecture in the North Side, Michael Coleman ambushed the building's owner with a bid to win historic protection for it.
"If you found a Warhol in your basement, would you throw it in the trash?" said Coleman, president of the Allegheny City Society, a historic preservation group. "We found out that this is essentially the equivalent, because we found out that this was a Burnham design."See the full content of this document
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Groups Use Historic Designation As Tactic Against Developers
That's Daniel H. Burnham, a Chicago architect who embraced the grandiose masonry work that typifies the Beaux Arts architecture style popular in government and bank buildings. In this case, the 106-year-old Wo...
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