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| Essential Architecture- Chicago Loop South London Guarantee Building | |
architect | Alfred S. Alschuler |
location | 360 N. Michigan Ave. |
date | 1922-23 |
style | Beaux-Arts-style Classical Revival |
construction | Stone clad |
type | Office Building |
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| One of the city's few and best examples of the Beaux Arts-style Classical Revival applied to the design of a tall office building. It is one of four structures that were constructed around the Michigan Avenue Bridge during the 1920s, a cluster of buildings that has helped define one of Chicago's most dramatic and important urban spaces. The other three buildings are 333 North Michigan Building , Tribune Tower, and the Wrigley Building. Built by a British insurance company to be its American headquarters, the building's irregular-shaped site was part of the land once occupied by Fort Dearborn (1803-56). | |
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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