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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Loop South Old Colony Building |
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architect |
Holabird & Roche |
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location |
407 S. Dearborn St. |
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date |
1894 |
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style |
early Chicago School |
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construction |
Stone clad |
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type |
Office Building |
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Rounded corner bays, a feature of many early skyscrapers, enliven the
silhouette of this commercial structure. Continuous vertical piers
divide the building's long Dearborn Street facade into tall, narrow
sections, while continuous horizontal spandrels serve to visually widen
the narrow Van Buren Street facade. The structure is a critical
component of a dramatic stretch of landmark structures along South
Dearborn that also includes the Fisher and Manhattan buildings. |
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links |
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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