Alain Robert, the famous "French Spider-Man", scaled the building to the 44th floor in 1997, two years after the back-lit Blue Cross logo was added to the building's pediment.
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It stands close to the George's Block and across the street from the Waterman Block and the National Bank & Trust Co. Building, all significant structures within the historic district.
Ministers' Building, Burma, previously known as the Government Secretariat
1871-74: George Campbell, lieutenant governor-general, felt the need for a secretariat for “quick disposal of work”.