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Wikipedia: The Pui Tak Center, formerly known as the On Leong Merchants Association Building, is a building located in Chicago's Chinatown. Designed by architects Christian S. Michaelsen and Sigurd A. Rognstad, the building was built for the On Leong Merchants Association and opened in 1928. The Association used it as an immigrant assistance center, and the building was informally referred to as Chinatown's "city hall.
![[Scaffolding was erected along the building's eastern facade during restoration work in 2009]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Puitak_restoration_s.jpg "Scaffolding was erected along the building's eastern facade during restoration work in 2009")
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![[The building features exterior terra cotta accents, mimicking glazed ceramic found in traditional Chinese...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pui_tak_terra_cotta_2_s.jpg "The building features exterior terra cotta accents, mimicking glazed ceramic found in traditional Chinese...")
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![[A building was first constructed for the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association along Cermak Avenue in 1912]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Old_on_leong_s.jpg "A building was first constructed for the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association along Cermak Avenue in 1912")
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