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Art Deco Skyscrapers: The Loop
Tour the lobbies of Art Deco masterpieces built in the heart of Chicago’s financial district during the Roaring '20s. Learn how Art Deco reflected the era’s fun-loving optimism with lavish materials and geometric ornament.
Discover the origins of Art Deco and its hallmark motifs while admiring buildings like the Chicago Board of Trade, One LaSalle Street and the Field Building (now the Bank of America Building) -- all of which are designated Chicago landmarks. This tour begins outside the Starbucks at 30 N. LaSalle St., near the southwest corner of LaSalle and Washington, and ends at the Chicago Board of Trade.
Highlights of this Tour
The Rookery
209 S. LaSalle St.
When completed, the Rookery was thought to be the largest and finest office building in the United States…
Chicago Board of Trade Building
141 W. Jackson Blvd.
Holding court at the south end of LaSalle St., the Chicago Board of Trade Building presides over Chicago’s…
Art Deco
Style
Art Deco emerged as a popular style of American architecture the 1920s and 1930s. The style originated…
Holabird and Root
Architect/Firm
After founders William Holabird and Martin Roche died in the late 1920s, John Holabird (William’s son)…
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