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5 unusual facts about Richard Haas


110 Livingston Street

Several floors were added to the structure, and the courtyard was decorated with a trompe-l'œil mural of architectural features by muralist Richard Haas.

Homewood, Illinois

In 1983, Richard Haas painted a mural on the backs of several buildings in the business district, matching their fronts to their backs.

LaSalle Towers Apartments

During the renovation, the exterior of the building was covered on three sides with trompe-l'œil murals by Richard Haas.

Richard Haas

These include Chase Field; the Robert C. Byrd Federal Building & Courthouse in Beckley, West Virginia; the main branch of the New York Public Library, the Lakewood Public Library (Ohio), the Sarasota County, Florida Judicial Center and the former Board of Education building in Brooklyn, NY´.

One of the building's sides features the Chicago Board of Trade Building, intended as a reflection of the actual building two miles (3 km) south.



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