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Stand on the southwest corner of Congress Parkway and State Street and look north and east to see past, present and future standing face-to-face on a truly great corner of State Street (that great street). To the east, the deceptively unassuming Second Leiter Building, which achieved national landmark status in 1976 and is now home to Robert Morris University, has anchored its corner for 120 years.
Constructed in 1891 to house a single retail establishment or several, for years Leiter II served as the flagship location of what was once the world’s largest store, Sears Roebuck and Company. Continue reading “Defying Age, Achieving Timelessness”