- Wrigley Building
The Wrigley Building (410 N. Michigan Avenue,
Chicago ,Illinois ) is askyscraper located directly across Michigan Avenue from theTribune Tower on theMagnificent Mile . It was built to house the corporate headquarters of theWrigley Company .When ground was broken for the Wrigley Building in 1920, there were no major office buildings north of the
Chicago River and the Michigan Avenue Bridge, which spans the river just south of the building was still under construction. The land was selected bychewing gum magnateWilliam Wrigley Jr. to headquarter his gum company. The building was designed by the architectural firm ofGraham, Anderson, Probst & White using the shape of theGiralda tower ofSeville's Cathedral combined with French Renaissance details. The convert|425|ft|m|sing=on south tower was completed in April 1921 and the north tower in May 1924. Walkways between the towers were added at the ground level and the third floor. In 1931, another walkway was added at the fourteenth floor to connect to offices of a bank in accordance with a Chicago statute concerning bank branch offices. The two towers, not including the levels below Michigan Avenue, have a combined area of convert|453433|sqft|m2.The two towers are of differing heights, with the south tower rising to 30 stories and the north tower to 21 stories. On the south tower is a
clock with faces pointing in all directions. Each face is convert|19|ft|7|in|m in diameter. The building is clad in glazed terra-cotta, which provides its gleaming white façade. On occasion, the entire building is hand washed to preserve the terra cotta. At night, the building is brightly lit with floodlights.The Wrigley Building was Chicago’s first air-conditioned office building. If one walks through the center doors, he will find himself in a secluded park area overlooking the
Chicago River .The Consulate-General of the United Kingdom in Chicago resides in this building. [" [http://www.britainusa.com/chicago/ British Consulate-General, Chicago] ." "BritainUSA". Accessed
July 22 ,2008 .]See also
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Chicago architecture References
External links
* [http://www.wrigley.com/wrigley/about/about_story_building.asp History of the Wrigley Building from company website]
* [http://projectchicago.org/database/NNSD/0027/index.html#TOP projectchicago.org entry: Wrigley Building]
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