Arcade Building being demolished, with IITRI Tower in the background, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill. Office buildings Arcades Binga, Jesse, 1865-1950 Lost architecture Wrecking Bank buildings Tall buildings College buildings IIT Research Institute Michael Paul Galvin Tower (Chicago, Ill.) Photograph of the Arcade Building being demolished, circa 1964. The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank (1924) and Binga Arcade Building (1929) by African-American entrepreneur Jesse Binga. The buildings were purchased by Illinois Institute of Technology in 1952, and ARF took up residence in 1954. Also known as: Binga State Bank (1924-1930), Arcade Building (1929-1953). Photographer unknown. 1964 Still image Black and white photograph image/tiff islandora:15106 0360401-S4-03-001 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:15106 Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999 Illinois Tech Libraries Illinois Institute of Technology en Chicago (Ill.) In copyright - non-commercial use permitted http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/