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The Rookery Building, with its powerful exterior softened by John Root’s lively ornament, typifies the 1880s' lingering picturesque attitude toward commercial architecture. A transitional structure in the evolution of modern architecture, it employs both masonry wall-bearing and skeletal frame construction techniques. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 5, 1972 by the City Council of Chicago.
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