Did we leave out a notable building that you miss? Completed by legendary Chicago architects Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan in 1894, the 13-story office building featured detailed exterior ornamentation and a trading hall on its second floor. If we can't support the site on advertising revenue, we'll have to introduce a pay wall - which, let's be honest, would suck.That's the bad news. 1157-59 N. Cleveland was the next building that was torn down in 1995 (Chicago Tribune Flynn McRoberts, September 27, 1995). The 1928 structure will be replaced by a vacant lot for the foreseeable future. The old terminal building still stands at Northerly Island as a vestigial reminder of the long-gone airport.From its humble roots as a riverfront trading post to an industrial boomtown, Chicago’s been in a constant state of change. Daley had been trying to turn the airport into a park since 1994 but acted unilaterally—some would argue illegally—to get what he wanted. Garrick Theater. These buildings are designated on the city's zoning map . Despite the best efforts of local preservationists, the Chicago Stock Exchange Building was torn down in 1972. We notice that you're using ad blocker. Nickel managed to salvages pieces from the building, including exterior terracotta busts. In March 2011, the last public housing high-rise in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green was torn down. One of the tallest buildings in the city when it was completed, the Garrick stood on Randolph Street from 1892 until 1961, when it bit the dust for a parking structure. The old Stock Exchange is gone, but the building’s entrance archway and interior trading floor were salvaged and moved to the Art Institute of Chicago.Before Richard Nickel lost his life in the old Stock Exchange Building, the photographer helped energize Chicago’s historic preservation movement with his images of another lost Adler & Sullivan gem: the Garrick Theater.
But for the people who had lived there, the moment was bittersweet.
Some of those artifacts were later incorporated into the facade of Old Town’s famous Second City improv theater.From groundbreaking early skyscrapers to sprawling rail terminalsHere’s a look back at ten regrettable or controversial demolitions in Chicago. University of Chicago demolishes historic building near Jackson Park. Cabrini-Green had come to symbolise the violence, social ills, and miserable living conditions that struck fear in their hearts. While open space offers more public benefit that a commuter airport that served the privileged few, the undemocratic manner in which Meigs was demolished wasn’t one of City Hall’s finest moments. The Illinois Central Station went on to play a significant cultural role as a gateway to Chicago for African Americans who settled nearby neighborhoods such as Bronzeville during the Great Migration of the early 20th century. Which, let's be honest, would suck.We notice that you're using ad blocker. Let us know in the comments below.In 2003, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley ordered bulldozers to tear up the runway of Meigs Field under the cover of darkness. Finally, in May 1995, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) took over management of the CHA and almost immediately began demolishing the first of the vacant "reds" buildings in Cabrini Extension, intending to make Chicago a showpiece of a new, mixed-income approach to public housing. A loss is even more painful if the replacement is a building of lesser value or—in the case of the Old Chicago Mercantile Exchange—nothing at all. The recent multi-building redevelopment of the surrounding area borrows its Central Station name from the old rail depot, but little else remains.The old Chicago Stock Exchange Building is one of the city’s best-known cases when it comes to regrettable demolitions. By Jay Koziarz October 22, 2019… Tragically, architectural photographer Richard Nickel perished in a partial collapse while documenting the demolition work. Though parts of the underground infrastructure were preserved, the exterior was torn down to make way for Madison Square Garden and Two Penn Plaza. One downside to the city’s reinvention has been at the expense of the significant early skyscrapers, ornate theaters, gilded mansions, and grand rail halls lost along the way.With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, it can be frustrating to see what has been so callously discarded. There are lessons to be learned to avoid past mistakes. Shortly thereafter, in June 1996, the city of Chicago and the CHA … The Romanesque Revival structure was completed by architect Bradford L. Gilbert in 1893 to accommodate visitors traveling to the White City of the Columbian Exhibition. The good news is that, if you contribute now, you can support CityMetric's quality, independent journalism another way - and this message will disappear for the next 30 days. Chicago lost another notable piece of its railroad legacy in 1974 when crews took down the Illinois Central Station at the southern edge of Grant Park. On September 27, 1995 1117-19 N. Cleveland Ave become the first high rise public housing project to be torn down in Chicago since the Hope VI grant.