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Volume XXIII, Number 3
Fall 1998
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1998: A handsome new glass-walled atrium entrance ties together
renovated buildings at the Illinois EPA's new headquarters on Springfield's
north side.
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On a
drizzly day last April, Director Mary A. Gade officially accepted the
newly completed, striking brick and glass building that houses the entrance
to the Agency's headquarters on Springfield's north side. When she cut
the ribbon, the Illinois EPA was officially at home in its old/new facility,
completing a move that took more than a decade to complete and incorporated
its own "brownfields" project. Centerpiece of the new complex
is the atrium entrance, the structure where the dedication was held. Though
newly built, it was designed to merge with the much older renovated buildings
it ties together, reflecting the past in its architectural details and
its worn-looking red brick while incorporating new-as-tomorrow features
like an impressive glass wall that soars the height of the structure,
and an atrium where the former outer building walls now make an indoor
backdrop for live trees and flourishing plants. The move to the Agency's
second headquarters in its 28 year history wasn't undertaken, or completed,
quickly. More
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