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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Northwest Laramie State Bank Building |
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architect |
Meyer & Cook |
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location |
5200 W. Chicago Ave. |
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date |
1927-29 |
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style |
Art Deco |
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construction |
terracotta |
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type |
Bank |
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At a time when banks usually looked like forbidding fortresses, this Art
Deco-style building was given a colorful exterior covered in coins,
beehives, harvests, squirrels, and other symbols of savings and
prosperity. The rich imagery, sculpted by artisans of the Northwestern
Terra Cotta Company, are made of a versatile baked-clay material
manufactured in Chicago. It represents some of the city's finest
decorative terra cotta work. |
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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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