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I am shocked to find I am growing fond of that rusty rectangle framing the Picasso at Dearborn and Washington Streets.
Wonder of wonders, the Daley Civic Center is indeed assuming a delightful mahogany hue, as the architects had predicted, though I and Royko pooh-poohed that prediction.
The soaring steel and glass box makes a strong and elemental Chicago statement. This is the ”power building” of the Loop.
The underlying message is that an ugly duckling may indeed become tomorrow`s swan. No building could better commemorate our beloved Richard J. Daley.
