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Building Evolution 1926 Interiors Views of the Site 1982 Floor Plans 1987 Building Appraisal Donnelly Building Armory

The part of the negotiation for the MCA's lease of the Chicago Avenue Armory site that led Governor James Thompson to suggest that the state had gotten the upper hand on the deal, was the offer of a 140,000 square foot building in Chicago's south loop neighborhood. Listen to Allen Turner's explanation of this exchange, here.