Chicago River & Wacker Drive Photos |
The Chicago loop is bounded on the north & west by the Chicago River & Wacker Drive which runs next to the river. A band of blocks along Wacker & the river has become the focus of some major modern office towers. |
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| Northern Chicago skyline from Sears Tower. | Merchandise Mart (1931) (25 floors) by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White behind green 333 Wacker Drive (1983) (36 floors) & arched-roof 225 West Wacker (1989) (28 floors) both by Kohn Pedersen Fox Assoc. + Perkins & Will. | Chicago Sun-Times, buildings & commuter trains along North Branch of Chicago River from Sears Tower. | Commuter trains move through canyons of Chicago from Sears Tower. |
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| Black 321 North Clark (1987) (35 floors) by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill over LaSalle-Wacker Building (1930) (41 floors) by Holabird & Roche + Andrew N. Rebori (221 North LaSalle St.) from Sears Tower. | Green-roofed R.R. Donnelley Building (1992) (49 floors) (77 West Wacker Drive) from Sears Tower. Architect: Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura + DeStefano & Goettsch. | 77 West Wacker (1992) (50 floors). Architect: DeStefano & Partners.  | Marina City (1967) (61 floors) (300 North State St.). Architect: Bertrand Goldberg Assoc. |
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| Leo Burnett Building (1989) (46 floors) (35 West Wacker Drive). Architect: Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Assoc. + Shaw & Assoc. | LaSalle-Wacker Building (1930) (41 floors) (221 North LaSalle St.). Architect: Holabird & Root + Rebori, Wentworth, Dewey & McCormick. | Highrises along Wacker Drive as it curves with Chicago River from Sears Tower. | Sears Tower seen from Grant Park. |
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| Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center (1983 & 87) (40 floors) (30 & 10 South Wacker Drive) over Chicago River. Architect: Fujikawa Johnson & Assoc. | White 200 South Wacker Drive (1981) (41 floors) with Mercantile Exchange & short & tall Hartford Plaza buildings beyond. Architect: Harry Weese Assoc. | Hartford Plaza (1961 & 71) (20 & 33 floors) (150 South Wacker Drive) over West Adams St. Bridge. Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. | Hartford Plaza South over West Adams St. Bridge. |
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| Sears Tower over Hartford Plaza South & 200 South Wacker. | UBS Tower (2001) (50 floors) (1 North Wacker Drive). Architect: Lohan Assoc. | UBS Tower & 1 South Wacker Drive. | 1 South Wacker Drive (1982) (40 floors). Architect: Murphy/Jahn Architects. |
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| 1 South Wacker, Hyatt Center & 111 South Wacker. | Hyatt Center (2005) (48 floors) (71 South Wacker Drive). Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners + A. Epstein & Sons International. | Hyatt Center & 111 South Wacker. | Upper floors of 111 South Wacker Drive. |
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| 111 South Wacker Drive (2005) (51 floors). Architect: Lohan Caprile Goettsch Architects. | Ground floor entrance of 111 South Wacker Drive. | 200 South Wacker Drive (1981) (38 floors). Architect: Harry Weese Assoc. | Civic Opera Building (1929) (45 floors) (20 North Wacker Dr.). Style: French Renaissance Revival & Art Deco. Architect: Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. |
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| Upper story facade of Civic Opera Building. | Civic Opera, UBS Tower & Mercantile Exchange Center. | Riverside Plaza (former Chicago Daily News) (1929) (26 floors) (2 North Riverside Plaza) with Citigroup Center beyond. Architect: Holabird & Roche. | Terracing of Citigroup Center. |
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| Citigroup Center (former Citicorp Center & Northwestern Atrium) (1987) (37 floors) (500 West Madison St.). Architect: Murphy/Jahn Architects. | Entrance of Citigroup Center. | ABN AMRO Plaza Technology Center against Citibank building. | ABN AMRO Plaza Technology Center (2004) (29 floors) (540 West Madison St.). Architect: DeStefano & Partners. |
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| Ground floors of ABN AMRO Plaza Technology Center. | Boeing Headquarters (former Morton International Building) (1990) (36 floors) (100 North Riverside Plaza). Architect: Perkins & Will. | Boeing Headquarters (former Morton International Building) above Chicago River. | 311 South Wacker Drive (1990) (65 floors). Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox. |
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| Facade of 311 South Wacker Drive. | 311 South Wacker Drive (1990) (65 floors) from Sears Tower. Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox + HKS, Inc. | Skyline with Chicago Stock Exchange, 311 South Wacker, Sears Tower & Metro Correctional Center. |
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart. All rights reserved. Permission required to use. |