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69 West Washington, 69 West Washington Street, Chicago
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69 West Washington, 69 West Washington Street, Chicago
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69 West Washington

Official Name: Cook County Administration Building
Formerly: The Brunswick Building
Designed by: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
Construction Start: 1962
Construction Completed: 1964
Type: Skyscraper
Stories: 35
Maximum Height: 476 feet / 145 meters
 (including spires, antennae, etc...)
Location: 69 West Washington Street
Area: The Loop
Post Code: 60602
City: Chicago, Illinois
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» 17 October, 2003 - Fire breaks out on the 12th floor of this building. Six people die in a smoke-filled stairwell a few floors above the blaze.
» 26 November, 2003 - Both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times report an investigation into the deadly blaze shows that firefighters did not take control of the building's public address system, and did not perform adequate searches of the stairwells.

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