Thompson Center: Decisions loom for neglected, centrally located government building
Visualizedconcepts/Landmarks Illinois/Jahn Love it, hate it or walk by it with utter indifference, the James R. Thompson Center is facing a reckoning this year. Will it be saved, adapted, torn down or, if the market casts a cloud over its shimmering glass skin, will it fall into neglect? Each one of those questions contains a host of others. Whatever happens to the building, state government’s base in Chicago since 1985, will influence the future of the Central Loop. It occupies a full block in a part of town that usually exhibits Chicago’s economic muscle but lately has come down with c...