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Railway Exchange Building (Chicago)

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402: 59: 1242: 457: 75: 1253: 471: 82: 485: 751: 288:, head of the architectural firm and the building's main stockholder. The firm moved its offices to the fourteenth floor, and Burnham's descendants continued ownership in the building until 1952. This Chicago School of Architecture building with Beaux Arts detailing is organized as a classicization of 1131: 1277: 1226: 1162: 1146: 1136: 1221: 1167: 808: 300:
style was surmounted by an open lightwell which was surrounded by a ring of offices. By the formal arched entrance on Jackson Boulevard, a large staircase led to shops and a second-floor balcony. White-glazed
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The formal entrance to the building is located on Jackson Boulevard, which in 1904 was a more important street than Michigan Avenue. The impressive entrance is believed to have been required by
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sheaths the exterior façade and interior court and the lightwell is lined with white-glazed brick. Classical designs were used for the ornamental
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Santa Fe Building : 224 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60604, United States :: Chicago Architecture Info
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The building is significant as a historic site because Daniel Burnham and his staff made the 1909
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The building is recognizable by the large "Motorola" logo on the roof, which is visible from
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began a lease on one floor of the building. The Santa Fe letters were given to the
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moved its corporate headquarters to the Railway Exchange Building.
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The building was originally built as a railway exchange for the
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The Railway Exchange Building appears (unlabelled) in front of
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scale model of central Chicago in the building's atrium.
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Clarke, Jane H., Saliga, Pauline A. and Zukowsky, John.
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From 2009 to 2018, visitors enjoyed the 320-square-foot
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in a penthouse on the northeast corner of the roof.
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Santa Fe Building (Chicago)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Railway Exchange Building (Chicago) is located in Chicago Loop
Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
41°52′42.10″N 87°37′28.58″W / 41.8783611°N 87.6246056°W / 41.8783611; -87.6246056
D. H. Burnham & Company
F. P. Dinkelberg
Chicago
82002530
Historic Michigan Boulevard District
Loop
community area
Chicago
Cook County, Illinois
Frederick P. Dinkelberg
D. H. Burnham & Company
Chicago style
Daniel Burnham
Flatiron Building
Grant Park
Lake Michigan
porthole
cornice
lightwell
skylight
Daniel Burnham
John Wellborn Root
Rookery

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