333 North Michigan

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333 North Michigan
20070516 333 North Michigan.JPG
General information
Status Complete
Type Skyscraper
Architectural style Art Deco
Location 333 N. Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois
Country United States
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Construction started 1927
Completed 1928
Height
Roof 396 feet (121 m)
Technical details
Floor count 34
Design and construction
Architect Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root
Designated February 7, 1997
References
[1]
Magnificent Mile looking south
(Red dot marks 333 North Michigan)

333 North Michigan is an Art Deco skyscraper located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Architecturally, it is noted for its dramatic upper-level setbacks that were inspired by the 1923 skyscraper zoning laws. Geographically, it is known as one of the four 1920s flanks of the Michigan Avenue Bridge (along with the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower and the London Guarantee Building) that are contributing properties to the Michigan–Wacker Historic District, which is a U.S. Registered Historic District.[2][3]

Additionally, it is known as the geographic beneficiary of the jog in Michigan Avenue, which makes it visible along the Magnificent Mile as the building that seems to be in the middle of the road at the foot of this stretch of road (pictured at left).[2][4] The building was designed by Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root and completed in 1928.[2] It is 396 feet (120.7 m) tall, and has 34 storeys.

It was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 7, 1997.[2] It is located on the short quarter mile stretch of Michigan Avenue between the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District and the Magnificent Mile.

Designed by John Wellborn Root, Jr., the building's long and narrow footprint and towering structure are a tribute to Root's father, John Wellborn Root's earlier Chicago Monadnock Building, Louis Sullivan's tall-building canon and Eliel Saarinen second-prize entry in the Tribune Tower design contest.[5][6][7] The building was such a success that Holabird and Root took commercial residence there. The building's long and slender design optimized use of natural lighting. The building's interior represents Prohibition era modernism, especially its Art Deco Tavern club.[6]

The building is embellished by a polished marble base, ornamental bands, and reliefs depicting frontiersmen and Native Americans at Fort Dearborn, which partially occupied the site.[7]

Tenants

  • Fannie May is located on the street level of Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive.
  • Psychemedics Corporation, the world's leading drug testing company using hair to detect drugs of abuse, is located in Suite 1026.

Gallery

Notes

  1. ↑ 333 North Michigan at Emporis
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ "Chicago Consulate." Embassy of Pakistan in the United States. Retrieved on December 16, 2009.
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