The U.S. General Service Administration's overly restrictive, security-centered guidelines undercut its own effort to redevelop the historic skyscrapers.
The sale caps a tumultuous seven months at Cornish College of the Arts, which sold the 103-year-old Capitol Hill building that was the home of founder Nellie Cornish.
Even though the fire escape replacement project finished in September, it couldn’t pass a city fire inspection at the time because of the lack of interior illuminated exit signs inside the building ...