Chicago Loop Photos |
The several blocks contained by the elevated loop rapid transit system define the core of downtown Chicago & its public buildings. |
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| See also: Michigan Avenue South of Chicago River, Chicago |
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| Skyline of the core of Chicago from Sears Tower. | Brown Century Tower, blue Florsheim Tower, octagonal Randolph Tower, white 180 N. LaSalle, round sky lit Thompson Center & semi-round-topped 120 N. LaSalle from Sears Tower. | Century Tower (1930) (28 floors) (by Thielbar & Fugard) (182 West Lake St.) & Randolph Tower (1929) (45 floors) (by Vitzhum & Burns) (188 West Randolph St.) from Sears Tower. | Black 321 North Clark (1987) (35 floors) by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill over LaSalle-Wacker Building (1930) (41 floors) by Holabird & Roche + Andrew N. Rebori (221 North LaSalle St.) from Sears Tower. |
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| Green-roofed R.R. Donnelley Building (1992) (49 floors) (77 West Wacker Drive) from Sears Tower. Architect: Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura + DeStefano & Goettsch. | Round skylight of Illinois State Building from Sears Tower.  | R.R. Donnelley Building (green) & white Chicago Title Tower from Sears Tower. | Chicago Title Tower (1992) (50 floors) (161 North Clark St.) & Daley Civic Center from Sears Tower. Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox. |
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| Chicago core skyscrapers around Chase Tower from Sears Tower. | Apartments along East Randolph Street, Millennium Park & South Michigan Avenue from Sears Tower. | Blue Inland Steel & white 55 West Monroe (former Xerox) buildings from Sears Tower. | Sears Tower (1974) (108 floors) (# South Franklin St.). Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill + Franklin & Jackson. |
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| Green roof of Harold Washington Library Center behind Fisher, Old Colony, Plymouth & Manhattan buildings, the oldest skyscrapers in Chicago. | Facade of Harold Washington Library Center. | South Dearborn Street with oldest skyscrapers Fisher, Old Colony, Plymouth & Manhattan buildings. | South facade of Marquette Building. |
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| Grey Edison Building, red Marquette Building, & mirrored Chase Center. | Marquette Building, Chase Center & Federal Center seen through Calder's Flamingo. | Chase Center (2003) (39 floors) (131 South Dearborn St.) flanked by Marquette & Federal Center buildings. Architect: Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura + DeStefano & Partners. | Terraced Bankers Building (1927) (41 floors) by Burnham Brothers & arched Edison Building (1907) (20 floors) by D.H. Burnham & Co. |
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| Flamingo (1974) sculpture by Alexander Calder (230 South Dearborn St.) in front of Federal Building. Architect: Mies van der Rohe. | Federal Center & Calder flamingo stabile from Sears Tower. | One Financial Place (1985) (39 floors) (440 South LaSalle St.). Architect: Lucien Lagrange of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. | horse sculpture named San Marco II by Ludovico di Luigi in courtyard of One Financial Place. |
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| Chicago Board of Trade (1930) (45 floors) (141 West Jackson Blvd.). Style: Art Deco. Architect: Holabird & Root. On National Register. | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1922) (15 floors) (230 South LaSalle St.). Architect: Graham, Anderson, Probst & White + Holabird & Root + Naess & Murphy. | The Berghoff Restaurant (1872) (17-27 West Adams). | 55 West Monroe (1980) (41 floors) (former Xerox Building). Architect: Murphy/Jahn Architects. |
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| Chase Tower (1969) (60 floors) (21 South Clark St.) (former First National Bank Building, then Bank One Plaza). Architect: C.F. Murphy & Assoc. + Perkins & Will. | Inland Steel Building (1958) (19 floors) (30 West Monroe St.). Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. | Chase Center & 55 West Monroe. | Art Nouveau corner entrance of Carson Pirie Scott department store. |
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| Clock on corner of Marshall Field & Co. | Reliance Building (1890 & 1894) (14 floors) (32 North State St.) with white terra cotta. Architect: C. Atwood of Burnham & Root. On National Register. | Chicago Theater (1921) (175 North State St.). Style: Beaux-Arts. Architect: C.W. Rapp & Geo. L. Rapp. | Oriental Theater (1926) (23 floors) (32 West Randolph). Architect: C.W. Rapp & Geo. L. Rapp. |
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| ABC Building (1917) (12 floors) (#1 North State St.) (former State Lake movie theater). Architect: C.W. Rapp & Geo. L. Rapp. | Monumental statue by Pablo Picasso on Plaza of Richard J. Daley Center. | James R. Thompson Center (former State of Illinois Center) (1985) (17 floors) (100 West Randolph St.). Architect: Murphy/Jahn Architects. | Depaul University Loop Campus, at Jackson & State streets. |
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart. All rights reserved. Permission required to use. |