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Roof sheeting, known as Hardies "Super Six" Roofs - most usually on industrial or farmyard buildings and domestic garages. Flat sheets for house walls and ceilings were usually 6 and 4.5 mm (0.24 and 0.18 in) thick, 900 and 1,200 mm (35 and 47 in) wide, and from 1,800 to 3,000 mm (71 to 118 in) long.
The building was designed by George C. Nimmons for Reid, Murdoch & Company to be used as offices and a grocery warehouse. [5] It was used as a makeshift hospital on 24 July 1915 after the S.S. Eastland capsized in the Chicago River on the opposite shore, directly across from the building. [5]
The Chicago press at the time of its construction did not refer to it as the first skyscraper in Chicago. [13] An 1884 list of buildings considered skyscrapers in Chicago listed three buildings in the city whose final heights would be taller than the Home Insurance Building's, although the Home Insurance Building was completed in 1885, a year ...
The Manhattan Building is a 16-story building at 431 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney and constructed from 1889 to 1891. [2] It is the oldest surviving skyscraper in the world to use a purely skeletal supporting structure. [3] It is the sixth oldest surviving building in the city.
The Mail Order House building is now home to restaurants, [9] the Big Ten Network, [10] Wrigley, Echo Global Logistics, David Barton Gym, [11] Allyu Spa, Groupon, [12] Kingsbury Yacht Club boat slips, InnerWorkings, Uptake, Dyson Inc., and 298 luxury condominiums. Bankers Life & Casualty's Chicago offices were also located here for several ...
USG once again declared bankruptcy on June 25, 2001, under Chapter 11 to manage the growing asbestos litigation costs. USG was the eighth company in an 18-month period that was forced to utilize Chapter 11 to resolve asbestos claims. In the prior two decades, 27 companies filed for protection under Chapter 11 because of asbestos litigation.
(The Center Square) – Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski is sounding the alarm about Chicago’s still dwindling downtown office occupancy rates after 2025 kicked off with record-high vacancies ...
The building was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2000, [4] and it was added to the federal National Register of Historic Places in 2003. In 2001, the building was sold to developer Draper and Kramer who, with Booth Hansen Architects, converted it to residential use, with the first two floors dedicated to upscale office and retail space.