cornice

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  The back of the courhouse shows the brick detailing inlaid medallions.
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  The back of the courhouse shows the brick detailing inlaid medallions.
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  The south side of the Empire Building faces Plaza Ferdinand.
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  The entrance to the building on Palafox Place is typical of the Chicago School Design with its creative ornamentation above the door on the spandrels (horizontal divisions between windows) and on the cornice.