Fulton House is a former cold storage

Cold storage

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 warehouse

Warehouse

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 converted into a residential building at Wolf Point, Chicago

Wolf Point, Chicago

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Built in 1908 as American Cold Storage Warehouse by Frank Abbott

Frank Abbott

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, it was a functional warehouse along the Chicago River

Chicago River

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The build's fame came from the conversion as a residential building by Harry Weese and Associates from 1979 to 1981. Originally a window-less Renaissance Revival structure, the 16 storey building is now a 106 residential condo/loft located at 345 North Canal Street. Once in a run down neighborhood, the area is now under renewal and revival.

See also

Fulton House more famous neighbors:

• 350 West Mart Center
  350 West Mart Center
  350 West Mart Center is the official name of the 24-floor multipurpose building located in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, at the intersection of the North Branch and the Main Branch of the Chicago River. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 1977, the building is located in the...
  
  
• Merchandise Mart
  Merchandise Mart
  When opened in 1930, the Merchandise Mart or the Merch Mart, located in the Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, was the largest building in the world with of floor space. Previously owned by the Marshall Field family, the Mart centralized Chicago's wholesale goods business by consolidating vendors...
  
  
• Apparel Center

Fulton House is one a few successful building conversion in North America

North America

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. Queen's Quay Terminal

Queen's Quay Terminal

Queen's Quay Terminal was a cold storage warehouse facility, the Toronto Terminal Warehouse, built in 1926 by Moores & Dunford and converted to a condo/mall complex in 1983...

 is a former cold storage facility converted as a successful and popular commercial and resiential complex along Toronto

Toronto

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's waterfront.