LaSalle-Wacker Building

LaSalle-Wacker Building

General information
Status	Complete
Type	Office
Architectural style	Art Deco
Location	221 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Country	United States
Coordinates	41°53′11″N 87°37′55″W / 41.8865°N 87.6320°W / 41.8865; -87.6320Coordinates: 41°53′11″N 87°37′55″W / 41.8865°N 87.6320°W / 41.8865; -87.6320
Construction started	1929
Completed	1930
Height
Top floor	512 ft (156 m)
Technical details
Floor count	41
Floor area	39,019 m² (420,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	Holabird and Root
References
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The LaSalle-Wacker Building, at 221 North LaSalle Street, is a 41-story skyscraper at the north end of the LaSalle Street canyon in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Design

Originally planned as a 37-story building, the developer bought an L-shaped building aside original lot and expanded the site. Clad in limestone and granite, the Holabird and Root-designed structure (Andrew Rebori was the associate architect) serves as an office building. When built, the beacon on the top of the building could be seen from as far as 200 miles. As with other buildings in Chicago, the structure is upwardly lit at night with moonlight, and the peak of building is typically lit in cobalt blue. The nights illumination design was a common contemporary Chicago architectural theme, seen also in the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, Jewelers Building, Palmolive Building, and Chicago Board of Trade Building.^[3]

In popular culture

The building was used as a backdrop in the 2005 movie Batman Begins. WFMT, America's first radio superstation, maintained studios in the building from 1954 until 1995.

Notes

↑ LaSalle-Wacker Building at Emporis
↑ LaSalle-Wacker Building at SkyscraperPage
↑ Saliga, Pauline A. (ed.), p. 113.

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See also	Architecture Art Deco Chicago City Hall Chicago School Tallest buildings Washington Block

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LaSalle-Wacker Building

Design

In popular culture

See also

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