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Article: East St. Louis Courthouse, East St. Louis, Illinois. (1991 Modernization Award Winners) (Cover Story)
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- Buildings
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- June 1, 1991
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1991 Stamats Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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East St. Louis Courthouse
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS
The case before the General Services Administration (GSA) was a troubling one: how to cope with a turn-of-the century federal Courthouse complex that could no longer support the ever-increasing judicial and administrative functions required of it. The Solomonic solution would require developing a facility where the accommodations for the federal bench took a back seat to no one while continuing to do justice to the venerable functionality of the old structure. Fortunately, a renovation scheme drawn from long-range, comprehensive planning aided the GSA (the government agency charged with the efficient ...
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