Buildings in The District
Several of the buildings listed below have played a prominent role in the cultural history of Chicago.
The Blackstone has become part of Chicago's history as the city that has hosted more United States presidential nominating conventions (26) than any other two American cities, The Blackstone Hotel has hosted almost every 20th century U.S. President, and it has contributed the phrase “in a smoke-filled room" to American political parlance.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra debuted on October 16, 1891 and made its home in the Auditorium Theatre until moving to Orchestra Hall in 1904. Theodore Roosevelt gave his famous Bull Moose speech in 1912 at the Auditorium and was nominated for President of the United States by the independent National Progressive Party. The Auditorium has hosted Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Grateful Dead, and many others. The Auditorium Building is considered a milestone in the development of modern architecture.
The Chicago Cultural Center serves as the city's official reception venue where the Mayor of Chicago has welcomed Presidents and royalty, diplomats and community leaders. According to Crain's Chicago Business, the Chicago Cultural Center was the eighth most-visited cultural institution in the Chicago area in 2004, with 767,000 visitors. The interior includes ornate mosaics, marbles, bronze, and stained-glass domes designed by the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.
The Art Institute of Chicago is a fine art museum well known for its Impressionist and American art.
| Name | Street Address | Architect | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willoughby Tower | 8 S. Michigan Avenue | Samuel N. Crowen & Associates | |
| Metropolitan Tower (formerly Straus Building) | 310 S. Michigan Avenue | Graham, Anderson, Probst & White | |
| Chicago Hilton & Towers | 720 S. Michigan Avenue | Holabird & Roche | |
| Buckingham Building (a.k.a. Socony-Vacuum Building) |
59-67 E. Van Buren Street | Holabird & Root LLC | NRHP |
| Borg-Warner Building | 200 S. Michigan Avenue | A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc., George A. Fuller Company | |
| Michigan Boulevard Building | 30 N. Michigan Avenue | Jarvis Hunt | |
| 6 North Michigan (a.k.a. Montgomery Ward Building) |
6 N. Michigan Avenue | Holabird & Roche, Schmidt, Garden & Martin | |
| The Blackstone | 636 S. Michigan Avenue | Marshall & Fox | CL, NRHP |
| McCormick Building | 332 S. Michigan Avenue | Holabird & Roche | |
| Michigan Avenue Lofts | 910 S. Michigan Avenue | Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, Marshall & Fox | |
| Peoples Gas Building | 122 S. Michigan Avenue | D.H. Burnham & Company | NRHP |
| Chicago Athletic Association Annex | 71 E. Madison Street | Schmidt, Garden & Martin | |
| Wolberg Hall | 112 S. Michigan Avenue | Barnett, Haynes & Barnett, Swann & Weiskopf | |
| Lake View Building | 116 S. Michigan Avenue | Jenney, Mundie & Jensen | NRHP |
| Santa Fe Building (formerly Railway Exchange Building) | 224 S. Michigan Avenue | D.H. Burnham & Company | NRHP |
| Auditorium Building | 430 S. Michigan Avenue | Adler & Sullivan | CL, NHL, NRHP |
| The Boulevard | 104 S. Michigan Avenue | Holabird & Roche | |
| Columbia College Chicago | Christian A. Eckstorm | ||
| Torco Building | 624 S. Michigan Avenue | Christian A. Eckstorm, Alfred S. Alschuler | |
| Essex Inn | 800 S. Michigan Avenue | A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc. | |
| The University Club of Chicago | 76 E. Monroe Street | Holabird & Roche | |
| Congress Hotel Addition | 520 S. Michigan Avenue | Holabird & Roche | |
| 888 South Michigan | 888 S. Michigan Avenue | Holabird & Roche | |
| Gage Building | 18 S. Michigan Avenue | Louis H. Sullivan, Holabird & Roche | CL, NRHP |
| Fine Arts Building | 410 S. Michigan Avenue | Solon S. Beman | CL, NRHP |
| Crane Company Building | 836 S. Michigan Avenue | Holabird and Roche | NRHP |
Statuses
- CL-Chicago Landmark
- NHL-National Historic Landmark
- NRHP-National Register of Historic Places
Other buildings include the Fine Arts Building (CL, NRHP), the Chicago Cultural Center (CL, NRHP) and the Art Institute of Chicago.
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