Fight the power: City must move quickly on landmark status for fed-owned Loop skyscrapers

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks is scheduled to meet this week to decide whether to designate downtown’s endangered 100-year-old Century and Consumers buildings. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

The Century and Consumers buildings downtown are landmarks in every sense of the word.

Built in 1913, the upswept 16-story Century at 202 S. State St. was designed by the prestigious firm Holabird & Root and gives an advanced glimpse of the Art Deco building style that would become popular a decade later.