Madison Plaza

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Madison Plaza
Information
Location 200 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Status Completed
Constructed 1981 - 1982[1]
Opening 1982
Use Office
Height
Roof 599 ft (182 m)
Technical details
Floor count 45
Companies
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill[2]
Developer The Beitler Company[3]

Madison Plaza is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. The building rises 599 feet (182 m)[2] in the Chicago Loop.[3] It contains 45 floors, and was completed in 1982.[2] Madison Plaza currently stands as the 36th-tallest building in the city. The architectural firm who designed the building was Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the same firm who designed Chicago's Sears Tower and John Hancock Center and the Burj Dubai in Dubai.

Madison Plaza was designed with a "sawtooth edge", and incorporates six corners onto the southeast face of the building.[3] Thus, the building has nine corner offices on most of its floors.[3] Madison Plaza was originally proposed to have a twin tower located on the lot situated south of the tower.[3] However, plans for a second tower were ultinately abandoned. Six years later, in 1988, the Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle was proposed for construction on the same lot, adjacent to Madison Plaza.[3] Plands called for 125-story tower that was to rise 2,000 ft (610 m).[4] However, that plan was also eventually cancelled. The lot is now the site of a parking garage.[3]

Madison Plaza is the location of "Dawn Shadows", a famous black metal sculpture created by Louise Berliawsky Nevelson.[3] The sculpture was brought to the plaza in 1983.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Madison Plaza. Artefaqs Corporation. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  2. ^ a b c Madison Plaza. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Madison Plaza. Emporis.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  4. ^ Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle. Emporis.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.

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