29 South LaSalle

29 South LaSalle
General information
Status Proposed
Type Commercial
Location 29 South LaSalle St
Chicago, Illinois
Height
Roof 870 feet (265 m)
Technical details
Floor count 51
Design and construction
Architect Lucien Lagrange Architects[1]
Developer Hamilton Partners[2]
The building currently located at 29 South LaSalle, as of April 2015

29 South LaSalle is a proposed 51 story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Lucien Lagrange Architects.[1] It would stand at 870 feet (265 m). This project would include a "renovation", and facadectomy of the adjacent New York Life Insurance Building.[3]

History of location

29 S. LaSalle was at one time the site of the Equitable building, formerly known as the National Life building, built in 1902. It is 12 stories and one basement high, on spread foundations. Jennie and Mundie were the architects. In 1940 a new street facade and other major alterations were made by Holabird & Root Architects. (From History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago, Frank Randall, Univ of IL Press, 1949)

Pop culture

The entrance to the building can be clearly identified in the movie The Dark Knight during an action scene where Batman flips his motorcycle in front of the building's address.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Emporis (Unknown Last Update). 29-39 South LaSalle. Retrieved February 24, 2007, from http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=2939southlasalle-chicago-il-usa
  2. ↑ Trade Addresses Chicago. (Unknown Last Update). Chicago commercial office space for lease, commercial property for sale, office space rental, retail real estate services, warehouse property for lease, 1031 exchange. Retrieved February 24, 2007, from http://chicago.tradeaddresses.com/
  3. ↑ Chicago Plan Commission Agenda for June 15, 2006, Chicago Plan Commission (2006).

Coordinates: 41°52′52″N 87°37′55″W / 41.8811°N 87.6319°W / 41.8811; -87.6319


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