The building's features characterize this style through the use of large "Chicago windows", metal frame construction, distinctive bays, and terra cotta cladding.

The building is a critical component of a grouping of significant structures, including Carson Pirie Scott and the former Mandel Brothers Store, at what was once labeled the "World's Busiest Corner".

[3] In 1997, it was converted to a dormitory for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

It is the 0-0 degree point of the city, and is the location from which all addresses in Chicago begin.

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