. Book of the Royal blue . of the boiler room story, ?iii feetbelow the street level, and the highest pointof the roof is 218 feet above grade. Theold courthouse had a total area of five new structure has fourteen acres offloor space. There is one mile of 1851 and again in 1872 the County ofCook entered into an agreement with thecity of Chicago by which it permitted thecity to erect its city hall upon the west half of the block with the right to its per-petual use so long as it is used for city hallpurposes. The city has begun the erection of a newbuilding which, when co
. Book of the Royal blue . of the boiler room story, ?iii feetbelow the street level, and the highest pointof the roof is 218 feet above grade. Theold courthouse had a total area of five new structure has fourteen acres offloor space. There is one mile of 1851 and again in 1872 the County ofCook entered into an agreement with thecity of Chicago by which it permitted thecity to erect its city hall upon the west half of the block with the right to its per-petual use so long as it is used for city hallpurposes. The city has begun the erection of a newbuilding which, when completed, will forman integral part of the new courthouse, andthe two structures will become a unified andimpressive public edifice. The granitepavilions and the return on the west cornersof the building will be removed and replacedby columns which will extend the colonnadeas it appears on Clark Street across theWashington and Randolph Street frontsof the structure. When completed thebuilding will have four similar 16 NEW COOK COUNTY COURT HOUSE, CHICAGO
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