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Riverside Plaza (Chicago)

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In the 1920s, the buildings along the river were industrial in nature and butted up against a waterway that was polluted and considered undesirable. This building was the first to develop the Chicago riverfront aesthetically as well as commercially. It was the first American skyscraper with an
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over railroad tracks that ran along west side of the river opposite the original site.  A year and one-half of meetings were required to reach an agreement between all parties. Once that was settled, Strong sold Lawson’s parcel to the utility magnate
293:. It was dominated by diagonal lines, and divided into three sections: Gathering the News, Printing the News, & Transporting the News. In the fall of 1993, it was removed and put into storage, where it has remained. Outside, it had 248:.  Once he became publisher, Strong took immediate steps to build a modern newspaper facility.  Lawson had owned a parcel along the river, which is now the site of the 783: 337:’s architecture critic, the Daily News Building remains, “one of Chicago's finest examples of Art Deco architecture and a path-breaking work of engineering and urban design.” 1706: 707: 1205: 1726: 325:
and a fountain honoring Victor Lawson. The Chicago Daily News Building was completed in June 1929 at a cost of $ 8 million. During the dedication ceremony, President
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employees and provide studio space for his radio station, WMAQ. The building’s bold design and Art Deco façade were widely regarded as shot fired at the
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ceased publication in 1978. Although the building has since been renamed Riverside Plaza, according to the
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building on North Michigan Avenue completed in 1925. Inside, the building featured a much-admired mural by
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from industrial transport to urban office corridor and made innovations in engineering and urban design.
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was one of the dominant newspapers in Chicago. The first building in the United States to develop the "
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A ramped concourse through the south side of this building now serves as the main entryway to the
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Strong, Walter A. (1929). "Air rights and the Chicago Daily News".
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Mary Lackritz Gray University of Chicago Press, April 1, 2001
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2 N. Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Strong thought it too small and instead acquired the
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to design a modern structure that would house 2,000
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Riverside Plaza (Chicago) is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Coordinates
41°52′57″N 87°38′21″W / 41.882548°N 87.639220°W / 41.882548; -87.639220
Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root
Chicago Daily News

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Victor F. Lawson
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