35_East_Wacker

35 East Wacker

35 East Wacker

Information

Location 35 E. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois

Status Complete

Constructed 1925-1927

Roof 523 feet (159 m)

Floor count 40

Companies

Architect Giaver & Dinkelberg

35 East Wacker or North American Life Insurance Building (its name on the Michigan-Wacker Historic District contributing property listing) and (formerly Pure Oil Building)^[1] is a 40-story 523-foot (159 m) historic building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.^[2] It was once the tallest building outside of New York City.^[3] As with many claims of superior height definitions are important. This claim ignores the Chicago Temple Building's steeple.^[4]^[5] The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 9, 1994.^[3]

The building originally had parking on the 2nd through 22nd floors.^[3] During the building's first 14 years the building had a 22 story car lift that facilitated safe transfers for jewelry merchants.^[2] Former names of this building were, in sequential order, Jewelers Building, Pure Oil Building, and North American Life Building.^[6]

Today

Helmut Jahn's showroom is atop the building inside the dome.^[2] The building is featured in scenes of Batman Begins.^[2]

Gallery

Wacker Drive entrance.	Clock on the northeast corner	333 North Michigan, 360 North Michigan, Mather Tower and 35 East Wacker	360 North Michigan, Mather Tower and 35 East Wacker
Michigan Avenue Bridge traffic (Background includes 333 North Michigan, Carbide & Carbon Building, London Guarantee Building, & 35 East Wacker

Notes

^ Robert Wagner (1978-02-03), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Michigan-Wacker Historic DistrictPDF (32 KB), National Park Service
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "35 East Wacker Drive". Emporis (2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c "35 East Wacker Building". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division (2003). Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
^ "Diagrams: Chicago Temple Building". SkyscraperPage.com (2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-15.
^ "Diagrams: 35 East Wacker Drive". SkyscraperPage.com (2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-15.
^ Saliga, Pauline A. (ed.), "The Sky's The Limit: A Century of Chicago Skyscrapers," 1990, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., ISBN 0-8478-1179-4.

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