Riverside Plaza (Chicago)

Riverside Plaza
Location within Chicago metropolitan area
General information
Location 2 N. Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Coordinates 41°53′04″N 87°38′28″W / 41.8844°N 87.6412°W / 41.8844; -87.6412Coordinates: 41°53′04″N 87°38′28″W / 41.8844°N 87.6412°W / 41.8844; -87.6412
Completed 1929
Height
Roof 302 feet (92 m)
Technical details
Floor count 26
Design and construction
Architect Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root
Developer Chicago Daily News
References
[1]

The Riverside Plaza is an art deco skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The building was designed by Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root and completed in 1929. The 26-story building is 302 feet (120.7 m) tall. It was known as the Chicago Daily News Building until the newspaper of the same name ceased publication in 1978.[2]

Typically, the buildings along the Chicago River were industrial in nature and butted up against the riverside, which was polluted and not considered a positive asset. This building was the first to develop the Chicago riverfront aesthetically as well as commercially. It was the first American skyscraper with an open-air plaza as part of its design. [3]

It was also one of the first buildings in Chicago constructed largely over a railroad right-of-way.[4] A ramped concourse through the south side of this building serves as the main entryway to the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Citigroup Center. This concourse was originally the main lobby, with an even floor in place of the ramp up to the bridge at Canal Street.[5]

The names of Joseph Medill and Benjamin Franklin on the side of Riverside Plaza

An art deco mural by John W. Norton, formerly housed on the ceiling of the building's old lobby, was commissioned by the Chicago Daily News.[6] It was dominated by diagonal lines, and divided into three sections: Gathering the News, Printing the News, & Transporting the News.[7] In the fall of 1993, it was removed and put into storage, where it has remained.[5]

The plaza faces the Civic Opera Building directly across the Chicago River to the east.[5][8][9][10] The plaza's edifice features eight important names in journalism history: Benjamin Franklin, Charles Anderson Dana, Horace Greeley, Joseph Pulitzer, Samuel Bowles III, James Gordon Bennett and Joseph Medill. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Riverside Plaza at Emporis
  2. ↑ Old Daily News Building undergoes renovation – Chicago Tribune
  3. 1 2 "Chicago Patterns". chicagopatterns.com. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  4. ↑ Waymarking. Retrieved on March 2, 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "Riverside Plaza". Emporis. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  6. ↑ Riverside Plaza: 2 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, 60606
  7. ↑ A Guide to Chicago's Murals Mary Lackritz Gray University of Chicago Press, April 1, 2001
  8. ↑ Riverside Plaza, Chicago – Building Info
  9. ↑ Riverside Plaza, formerly Chicago Daily News Building, Holabird & Root, 1925–1929 – Picture of Chicago, Illinois – TripAdvisor
  10. ↑ AIA Guide to Chicago Alice Sinkevitch, Laurie McGovern Petersen Harcourt, 2004, p 94.

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