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The Auditorium Building in Chicago is one of the best-known designs of Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler. Completed in 1889, the building is located at the northwest corner of South Michigan Avenue and Ida B. Wells Drive .
- 67,699.5 square feet (6,289.49 m²)
- 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois
- 1889
Auditorium Building. 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL. Now a National Historic Landmark, the Auditorium Building has been a cornerstone of Chicago’s arts and cultural community since its opening in 1889.
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Photo, Print, Drawing Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL. View 120 images in sequence.
The building contained a 4,000-seat auditorium, with an entry on the south off Congress Street, a large hotel accessible from fashionable Michigan Avenue to the east, and a separate office block, entered from a lobby to the west off narrow Wabash Avenue.
Opened in 1893, the Congress Hotel, (originally named the Auditorium Annex), was intended to be an annex to the Auditorium Building across the street. It was built by the famous hotelier R.H. Southgate, opening in time to welcome those attending the 1893 World’s Fair.
Dec 7, 2014 · The Auditorium Theatre is one of America’s most stirring spaces, yet it’s simply a part, albeit the chief one, of the massive Auditorium Building at Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkway, which...
Dec 5, 2014 · The massive Auditorium Building at Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkway turns 125 years old on Dec. 9th, 2014. Beyond the building’s grimy exterior, you’ll find the unmistakable origins of...
