Chicago City Hall is defined by its massive, colossal Corinthian columns that reach from the fourth to the ninth floor, giving the granite and terra cotta facade a distinctively heavy, monumental presence. This Neoclassical building…
LaSalle Street Financial Canyon
Walk down the dramatic architectural gorge of LaSalle Street, the historic engine of Chicago's economic power, and see the soaring towers where massive fortunes were won and lost.
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1. City of Chicago - City Hall
2. 1 N. LaSalle Building
The One North LaSalle Building is a forty-nine-story tower defined by its soaring, streamlined vertical lines and dramatic setbacks. Completed in nineteen thirty, this Art Deco skyscraper occupies a site near where the explorer René-Robert…
3. Northern Trust
The Northern Trust building at fifty South LaSalle Street is defined by its classical architecture and solid, early twentieth-century stone construction. Designed by the firm Frost and Granger and completed in nineteen oh six, the…
4. Field Building
The Field Building at one hundred thirty-five South LaSalle Street is defined by its massive, stepped-back limestone silhouette and a base faced in polished black granite. Completed in nineteen thirty-four, it stands as the final major…
5. The Rookery Building
The Rookery Building on South LaSalle Street is recognizable by its heavy, ornate facade of red brick, stone, and terracotta, which incorporates Romanesque, Venetian, and Moorish design motifs. Completed in eighteen eighty-eight by…
6. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is anchored by a prominent facade featuring Corinthian colonnades that rise sixty-five feet above the street. Completed in nineteen twenty-two, this seventeen-story Beaux-Arts building serves as the…
7. Wintrust Building
The Wintrust Building, located at two thirty-one South LaSalle Street, is identifiable by its neoclassical design and its position directly across from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Designed by the architectural firm Graham,…
8. Chicago Board of Trade Building
The Chicago Board of Trade Building anchors the end of LaSalle Street with a gray Indiana limestone facade that rises in dramatic, vertical tiers. Completed in nineteen thirty, the forty-four story skyscraper was designed by the firm…