Dichotomy might be the best word to hang on the Higbee Building in Cleveland. The building once housed a department store of the same name that was featured in the family movie A Christmas Story, buttoday it's anchored by something a bit more grown up-the Horseshoe Casino. It's a local landmark whose exterior had to be respected, but it also needs to stand out in an urban setting. It's a building where lighting is critical in creating drama, but where the light fixtures are effectively hidden. It's a building that had to be visually striking from the outside, but not allow people to look inside. It has amber-colored light on the lower floors and white light on the upper floors. And for a final contrast, the building had to accommodate both the view from a distance and from up close.
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