Recovering a touch of greatness: Sullivan facades in Loop are now complete
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It's a small dose of Louis Sullivan's dazzling ornament, but architecture buffs will take it all the same.
The handsome restoration of two Sullivan-designed cast-iron facades in the Loop, including one discovered during construction, is finally complete. Developer Joseph Freed and Associates will hold a private reception Wednesday to mark the milestone, which represents a happy exception to a rash of Sullivan debacles.
Meanwhile,
the scaffolding along the State and Madison Street sides of Sullivan's former Carson Pirie Scott & Co. store -- one of his masterpieces, with lush cast-iron ornament wrapping the building's base -- is scheduled to come down by late October.
The delicious small storefronts on Wabash are the appetizer to that main course.
Now they just need tenants. Freed says it is in talks with restaurants and retailers.