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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Loop South 35 East Wacker Drive Building |
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architect |
Giaver & Dinkelberg |
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location |
35 E. Wacker Dr. |
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1925-27 |
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Beaux-Arts City Beautiful Movement |
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construction |
Stone clad |
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Office Building |
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| Photos- Christopher Barrett, Hedrich Blessing. Copyright http://www.aiachicago.org/ | |
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This 40-story building was the tallest outside of New York City at the
time of its construction. Designed as the "Jeweler's Building," it
originally housed a parking garage on the second through 22d floors. The
building's terra cotta-clad, classical design marks it as one of the
most prominent high-rise statements of the so-called City Beautiful
Movement. It is also the most notable work of the partnership of Joachim
Giaver and Frederick Dinkelberg, who had spent most of their
architectural careers with the firm of
Daniel Burnham &
Company. |
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35 East Wacker is a 40-story 523 foot historic building in the Loop
community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was once the tallest building
outside of New York City. As with many claims of superior height
definitions are important. This claim ignores the Chicago Temple
Building's steeple. The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on
February 9, 1994. The building originally had parking on the 2nd through 22nd floors. During the building's first 14 years the building had a 22 story car lift that facilitated safe transfers for jewelry merchants. Former names of this building were, in sequential order, Jewelers Building, Pure Oil Building, and North American Life Building.[ |
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With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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