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vpauzuolis
Dec 20, 2005, 4:40 PM
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Official sources:https://extranet.emporis.com/wm/bu/?l=3&yr=2005&mt=12&dy=20&id=117246
Unofficial sources:

Building Name: Asbury Plaza
Native Name:
Other Names:
Address: 750 North Dearborn Street
City: chicago
Postal Code:60610
State/Province: illinois
Country: usa
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=117246
Architect: Schipporeit, Inc.
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

Heights--
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 300ft
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): completed

Construction Dates--
- started:
- finished: 1981
- destroyed:


Above ground floors: 33
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count:

Structure Type(s): highrise
Building Use(s): residential
Building Style(s): modern
Building Materials:concrete
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Official sources:https://extranet.emporis.com/wm/bu/?l=3&yr=2005&mt=12&dy=20&id=116816
Unofficial sources:

Building Name: 203 North Wabash
Native Name: Old Dearborn Bank Building
Other Names: Dearborn State Bank Building
Address: 203 North Wabash Avenue, 54 East Lake Street
City: chicago
Postal Code:60601
State/Province: illinois
Country: usa
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=116816
Architect: Rapp & Rapp
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

Heights--
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 300ft
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): completed

Construction Dates--
- started: 1926
- finished: 1928
- destroyed:


Above ground floors: 25
Below ground floors: 2
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area: 14,679 m²
Elevator count:
Unit count:

Structure Type(s): highrise
Building Use(s): office
Building Style(s): neo-classical
Building Materials:steel,brick
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Official sources:https://extranet.emporis.com/wm/bu/?l=3&yr=2005&mt=12&dy=20&id=117270
Unofficial sources:

Building Name: Oriental Theater Building
Native Name: Randolph Building,
Other Names: Chicago Real Estate Board Building
Address: 32 West Randolph Street
City: chicago
Postal Code:60601
State/Province: illinois
Country: usa
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=117270
Architect: Rapp & Rapp
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

Heights--
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 300ft
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): completed

Construction Dates--
- started:
- finished: 1926
- destroyed:


Above ground floors: 23
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count:

Structure Type(s): highrise
Building Use(s): office
Building Style(s): neo-gothic
Building Materials:steel
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Official sources:https://extranet.emporis.com/wm/bu/?l=3&yr=2005&mt=12&dy=20&id=116837
Unofficial sources:

Building Name: Burnham Center
Native Name: Conway Building
Other Names: Chicago Title and Trust Building
Address: 111 West Washington Street
City: chicago
Postal Code:60602
State/Province: illinois
Country: usa
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=116837
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company [Graham, Anderson, Probst & White]
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):- Last building designed by Daniel Burnham's company in his lifetime. Frederick P. Dinkelberg did the actual design.
- Developed by the Marshall Field Estate, and originally named the Conway Building after Conway, Massachusetts - the birthplace of Marshall Field.
- All four corners of the building are rounded, even those which face the alley.
- The light court in the center of the building originally penetrated down to a skylight over the lobby. Later the 3rd through 7th floors were extended over the opening.


Heights--
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 300ft
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): completed

Construction Dates--
- started: 1913
- finished: 1915
- destroyed:


Above ground floors: 21
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area: 69,491 m²
Elevator count:11
Unit count:

Structure Type(s): highrise
Building Use(s): office,retail,restaurant
Building Style(s): neo-classical
Building Materials:steel
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Official sources:
Unofficial sources:

Building Name: W Hotel Chicago Lakeshore
Native Name: Westin Hotel
Other Names: Days Inn Hotel Lakeshore
Address: 644 North Lake Shore Drive
City: chicago
Postal Code:60611
State/Province: illinois
Country: usa
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=116632
Architect: William W. Bond, Jr. & Associates
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):The top floor contains a bar at the southwest corner, and a circular banquet room (formerly a restaurant) overhanging the edges.
- In 2001 the color was changed from white to ochre, marking the conversion to a W Hotel.


Heights--
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 298ft
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): built

Construction Dates--
- started:
- finished: 1964
- destroyed:


Above ground floors: 33
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 520

Structure Type(s): highrise
Building Use(s): hotel,restaurant
Building Style(s): modern
Building Materials:concrete
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WhipperSnapper
Jan 2, 2006, 5:43 PM
done