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35 East Wacker
20070513 35 East Wacker.JPG
General information
Location 35 E. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates 41°53′11″N 87°37′36″W / 41.8865°N 87.6268°W / 41.8865; -87.6268Coordinates: 41°53′11″N 87°37′36″W / 41.8865°N 87.6268°W / 41.8865; -87.6268
Status Complete
Constructed 1925-1927
Height
Roof 523 feet (159 m)
Technical details
Floor count 40
Companies involved
Architect(s) 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]

Contents

Today

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

Tenants

  • The French-American Chamber of Commerce in Chicago is in Suite 670.[7]

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, Mather Tower & 35 East Wacker

View of the Chicago 'L' tracks, 35 East Wacker, and Trump International Hotel and Tower from Wabash Avenue in the Chicago Loop

Notes

  1. ^ Robert Wagner (1978-02-03). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Michigan–Wacker Historic DistrictPDF (32 KB). National Park Service.  
  2. ^ a b c d "35 East Wacker Drive". Emporis. 2007. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=35eastwackerdrive-chicago-il-usa. Retrieved 2007-05-14.  
  3. ^ a b c "35 East Wacker Building". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/numbers/35EWacker.html. Retrieved 2007-05-14.  
  4. ^ "Diagrams: Chicago Temple Building". SkyscraperPage.com. 2007. http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?27760862. Retrieved 2007-05-15.  
  5. ^ "Diagrams: 35 East Wacker Drive". SkyscraperPage.com. 2007. http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?27760816. Retrieved 2007-05-15.  
  6. ^ Saliga, Pauline A. (ed.), "The Sky's The Limit: A Century of Chicago Skyscrapers," 1990, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., ISBN 0-8478-1179-4.
  7. ^ "Chicago." SkyTeam. Retrieved on January 31, 2009.
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