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a photographic study of one lasalle street building's art deco bronze lobby ornament

photographic survey of interior cast bronze ornament in the lobby of one lasalle street building, completed in 1930. tone lasalle street building was built in 1930 by architects vitzthum & burns – replacing the tacoma building by holabird & roche. the building is located across madison street from roanoke building. it was designated a chicago landmark on april 16, 1996, and added to the national register of historic places on november 22, 1999. its 5th floor relief panels depict the explorations of rené-robert cavelier, sieur de la salle.


the chicago board of trade building was the tallest building in chicago for some 35 years by conventional definitions. at 530 ft and 48 stories, one north lasalle was the fourth tallest building (fifth tallest after the completion of the lasalle national bank building) structure for approximately the same period. other sources, however, claim this building was the tallest structure for approximately the same period defined by excluding items on top of the main building such as the board of trade building's statue and pyramidal top, the steeple of the chicago temple building, the pyramidal top of the pittsfield building, and the mansard roof of the civic opera house. the height differences are easily seen in scale depictions.

the interior and exterior bronze work was likely executed by the general bronze corporation. documentation of the brass and/or bronze ornament is restricted to the building's street level lobby.  

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