- Madison Plaza
Infobox skyscraper
building_name= Madison Plaza
location= 200 West Madison Street,Chicago ,Illinois ,United States
roof= 599 ft (182 m)
floor_count= 45
use= Office
status = Completed
construction_period=1981 - 1982 [cite web|url=http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/1152.php|title=Madison Plaza
accessdate=2007-12-23|publisher=Artefaqs Corporation]
opening= 1982
architect=Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
developer= The Beitler Companycite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=madisonplaza-chicago-il-usa|title=Madison Plaza|accessdate=2007-12-23|publisher=Emporis.com]Madison Plaza is a
skyscraper inChicago ,Illinois . The building rises 599 feet (182 m)cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3314|title=Madison Plaza|accessdate=2007-12-23|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com] in theChicago Loop . It contains 45 floors, and was completed in 1982. Madison Plaza currently stands as the 36th-tallest building in the city. The architectural firm who designed the building wasSkidmore, Owings & Merrill , the same firm who designed Chicago'sSears Tower andJohn Hancock Center and theBurj Dubai inDubai .Madison Plaza was designed with a "sawtooth edge", and incorporates six corners onto the southeast face of the building. Thus, the building has nine corner offices on most of its floors. Madison Plaza was originally proposed to have a twin tower located on the lot situated south of the tower. However, plans for a second tower were ultinately abandoned. Six years later, in 1988, the
Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle was proposed for construction on the same lot, adjacent to Madison Plaza. Plands called for 125-story tower that was to rise 2,000 ft (610 m). [cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=miglinbeitlerskyneedle-chicago-il-usa|title=Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle|accessdate=2007-12-23|publisher=Emporis.com] However, that plan was also eventually cancelled. The lot is now the site of a parking garage.Madison Plaza is the location of "Dawn Shadows", a famous black metal sculpture created by
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson . The sculpture was brought to the plaza in 1983.ee also
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List of tallest buildings in Chicago
*Chicago architecture References
External links
* [http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/nevel/nevel2.html Images of the "Dawn Shadows" sculpture]
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