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the United Steelworkers Building

 

if interested in the architecture of it you might like this info found on another site....

mathtourist.blogspot.com/2010/08/diamond-lattice-exoskele...

Designed by the architectural firm Curtis and Davis and constructed in the early 1960s, this structure (then known as the IBM Building) was one of the first to have its load-bearing frame visible on the outside—a style regarded then as daring and innovative.The diamond grid is more than just decorative. The steel exterior walls represent the building's supporting structure; they serve as a load-bearing exoskeleton.

 

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