I’m finishing up some illustrations for a paper on one of the Loop’s best known skyscrapers, and couldn’t resist letting this out. It’s an early scheme–by a few years–and it bears precious little resemblance to what was finally built. In the fine tradition of Curbed’s “Cornerspotter” feature, I’ll throw this open to the readership…any guesses?
Burnham & Root’s Rookery?
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Close–both in style and in location–but not quite…
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some Auditorium Building madness…?
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i will rescind that terrible first guess and submit the “Chicago Building”
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Looks a little short, but the Monadnock?
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