The building, having now become the symbol of the district soon earned the nickname,"Slice of polenta," by virtue of the unusual trapezoidal plan and the prevailing yellow color.

A further proof of its soundness was its ability to survive unscathed from the explosion of the royal powder magazine in Borgo Dora, which took place on April 24, 1852, and seriously damaged many buildings in the area.

Moreover, it also resisted the earthquake of 23 February 1887, which damaged part of the neighborhood; finally, it was spared from the bombings of Turin during World War II which hit the surrounding blocks hard.

On the side of 54 centimeters, to maximize space, Antonelli has made a shaft to place the flue duct, part of the water pipes and, originally, rooms for the toilets on all floors, for each apartment.

The showy frame on the fourth floor reveals its previous function as an attic cornice in the first phase of elevation of the building; altogether there are eight balconies.

Until the interior decoration program carried out by the architect Renzo Mongiardino in 1979, the building was divided into an individual real estate unit for each floor.

Between 2007 and 2008 the interiors were radically restructured, enhancing all the original architectural elements of the Antonellian project and maintaining some of the valuable decorative elements created by Mongiardino, including the niche on the top floor, which houses a unique masonry bathroom covered in mosaic placed at the top of the last flight of stairs, the Turkish bath in the second basement, the beautiful kitchen, the decoration of the stairs and other accessories.