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Many of the century-old structures that formed the backbone of Chicago’s River North neighbourhood have long been replaced with steel and iron columns, making it fairly unusual to find an apartment with 100-year-old original timbers and floors. To find two in the same building is especially uncommon.
But it was just such a rarity that architects at Moss Design were asked to combine it into a 2,200-square-foot loft for a Chicago trader, family therapist, and their toddler.