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The building is located in what was previously a vacant lot at 1000 South Michigan in the Historic Michigan Boulevard District in downtown Chicago, Illinois. [7] The site borders the 100-foot (30.5 m) Lightner Building at 1006 South Michigan and the 272-foot (82.9 m) Karpen-Standard Oil Building at 910 South Michigan.
Dearborn was the first Chicago housing project built after World War II, as housing for blacks on part of the Federal Street slum within the "black belt". [3] It was the start of the Chicago Housing Authority's post-war use of high-rise buildings to accommodate more units at a lower overall cost, [6] and when it opened in 1950, the first to have elevators.
Bulley & Andrews, LLC is one of Chicago's oldest general contractors. [ citation needed ] The firm was founded in 1891 as a partnership of Frederick Bulley, a 21-year-old English stonemason , partnered with Alfred Andrews, an architect .
Riteway Construction Services Inc. was the general contractor for Cook County Hospital. [1] His company's role with the County Hospital was controversial when Riteway missed filing its 1997 corporate annual report, leading the Illinois Secretary of State to dissolve the company on January 2, 1998 just prior to the spring 1998 groundbreaking for ...
William Warren Boyington (July 22, 1818 – October 16, 1898) was an architect who designed several notable structures in and around Chicago, Illinois. He was also mayor of Highland Park, Illinois . History
A. Finkl & Sons Steel operated a mill along a roughly 22-acre lot along the eastern portion of the Chicago River in the Lincoln Park neighborhood from 1902 until it was demolished in 2012. [2] The Lincoln Park location was Chicago's oldest steel mill. [3] In 2006, it bought the site of the former Verson Steel on Chicago's South Side. [4]
River City is situated alongside the Chicago River and consists of two 7- to 14-story, serpentine residential towers constructed of reinforced, poured-in-place concrete "shells" with 449 residential units, varying in size from studios to 4-bedroom penthouses. The towers sit on a 4-story post-and-beam "plinth" that contains approximately 225,000 ...
One South Wacker is a 550 ft (168 m) tall 40-floor skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by Murphy/Jahn, Inc. Architects, and constructed from 1979 to 1982. The building is [when?] tied for the 72nd tallest building in Chicago. The music video for "Burnin'" by Daft Punk was filmed at the tower.