CULTURETECHLENSPittsfield Building
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-02979 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0190. Master record source: User-supplied table 2026-10-16 (Chicago tallest buildings chronology) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Stated as one foot taller than the Chicago Temple Building
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Stated as one foot taller than the Chicago Temple Building
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- City: Chicago
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- https://thepittsfield.squarespace.com/history (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
The Pittsfield Building exists as a high-rise building at 55 E. Washington Street, Chicago, completed in 1927 and standing 38 stories; the building's own history states that at the time of its completion it was the tallest building in Chicago, and that it was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2002. Height in feet and the end year of its tallest period are NOT covered by this source (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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Chicago: CultureTechLens. “Pittsfield Building (CTL-PL-0190).” CultureTechLens Combined Graph. Chicago, IL: CultureTechLens, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-pl-0190/
APA: CultureTechLens. (2026). Pittsfield Building (CTL-PL-0190) [Entity record]. CultureTechLens Combined Graph. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-pl-0190/
MLA: CultureTechLens. “Pittsfield Building (CTL-PL-0190).” CultureTechLens Combined Graph, 2026, https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-pl-0190/
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