Mies' IBM slated for Chicago city landmark status
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Edward Lifson
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It doesn't look quite the same, and you can't see it as well as you used to, but at least it'll be a landmark!
We've blocked the best view, and desecrated the lobby,
but at least now the Chicago City Council’s Landmarks Committee has approved landmark designation for the 52-story tower at 330 N. Wabash that is the last and tallest American office building designed by Mies and his firm.
Until recently, this was its command over the city.
The other good news is that you'll be able to spend a night in it.
Floors 2 through 14 will be a 335 room luxury hotel.
Today's article says,
We've blocked the best view, and desecrated the lobby,
but at least now the Chicago City Council’s Landmarks Committee has approved landmark designation for the 52-story tower at 330 N. Wabash that is the last and tallest American office building designed by Mies and his firm.
Until recently, this was its command over the city.The other good news is that you'll be able to spend a night in it.
Floors 2 through 14 will be a 335 room luxury hotel.
Today's article says,
Completed in 1972, the IBM building is now 30 percent vacant and in desperate need of a face-lift. It’s located across the street from Trump Tower, a 92-story tower that has blocked the IBM building’s once-unobstructed views of Lake Michigan (and the Chicago River).
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