333 North Michigan
333 North Michigan | |
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Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root | |
Chicago Landmark | |
Designated | February 7, 1997 |
References | |
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Magnificent Mile looking south (Red dot marks 333 North Michigan) |
333 North Michigan is a skyscraper in the
Additionally, it is known as the geographic beneficiary of the jog in
Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root and completed in 1928.[2] It is 396 feet (120.7 m) tall, and has 34 storeys
.
It was designated a
Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District and the Magnificent Mile
. The building is managed and leased by MB Real Estate.
Designed by
Holabird and Root took commercial residence there. The building's long and slender design optimized use of natural lighting. The building's interior represents Prohibition era modernism, especially its Art Deco Tavern club.[6]
The building is embellished by a polished marble base, ornamental bands, and reliefs depicting frontiersmen and Native Americans at Fort Dearborn, which partially occupied the site.[7]
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333 North Michigan
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Carbide & Carbon Building behind 333 North Michigan
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333 North Michigan,360 North Michigan, Mather Tower and 35 East Wacker
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333 North MichiganChicago Landmarkplaque
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Michigan Avenue Bridge traffic (Background includes 333 North Michigan, Carbide & Carbon Building, London Guarantee Building, Mather Tower & 35 East Wacker)
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ca 1951
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From Illinois Central Railroad freight yard, the current Lakeshore East (April 1943)
Notes
- ^ "333 North Michigan". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "333 North Michigan Building". City of Chicago Dept. of Pl. and Devpmt., Landmarks Div. 2003. Archived from the original on May 28, 2007. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "333 North Michigan". Emporis. 2007. Archived from the original on April 5, 2004. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
- ISBN 0156029081.
- ^ ISBN 0-8109-5892-9.
- ^ ISBN 0-15-602908-1.