The Superior Building, originally known as the Cleveland Discount Building, is a high-rise building in

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. The building rises in

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. It contains 22 floors, and was completed in 1922. The Superior Building currently stands as the 28th-tallest building in the city. The architectural firm who designed the building was

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. The building's design incorporates a set of

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columns in its base. The Superior Building was one of the earliest skyscrapers to be completed in Cleveland. However, it never stood as the tallest structure in the city; the

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, also completed in 1922, rose only taller, and thus captured the title of tallest building in Cleveland. The Superior Building was added to the

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in 1991.

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