Riverside Plaza (Chicago)

Riverside Plaza

General information
Location	2 N. Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois
Completed	1929
Height
Roof	302 feet (92 m)
Technical details
Floor count	26
Design and construction
Architect	Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root
Developer	Chicago Daily News
References
^[1]

Riverside Plaza is an art deco skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. The building was designed by Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root and completed in 1929. It is 302 feet (120.7 m) tall, and has 26 storeys. It was known as the Chicago Daily News Building until after the newspaper itself ended in 1978.^[2]

Typically, the buildings along the Chicago River were industrial in nature and butted up against the riverside, but this building was the first to develop the river front aesthetically as well as commercially. It was also one of the first buildings in Chicago constructed largely over a railroad right-of-way.^[3] A ramped concourse through the south side of this building serves as the main entryway to the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Citigroup Center. This concourse was originally the main lobby, with an even floor in place of the ramp up to the bridge at Canal Street.^[4] An art deco mural by John W. Norton, formerly housed on the ceiling of the building's old lobby, was commissioned by the Chicago Daily News.^[5] It was dominated by diagonal lines, and divided into three sections: Gathering the News, Printing the News, & Transporting the News.^[6] In the fall of 1993, it was removed and put into storage, where it has remained.^[4] The courtyard is aligned with the raised courtyard of the Civic Opera Building directly across the Chicago River.^[4]^[7] ^[8] ^[9]

References

↑ Riverside Plaza at Emporis
↑ Old Daily News Building undergoes renovation – Chicago Tribune
↑ Waymarking. Retrieved on March 2, 2012.
1 2 3 "Riverside Plaza". Emporis. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
↑ Riverside Plaza: 2 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, 60606
↑ A Guide to Chicago's Murals Mary Lackritz Gray University of Chicago Press, April 1, 2001
↑ Riverside Plaza, Chicago – Building Info
↑ Riverside Plaza, formerly Chicago Daily News Building, Holabird & Root, 1925–1929 – Picture of Chicago, Illinois – TripAdvisor
↑ AIA Guide to Chicago Alice Sinkevitch, Laurie McGovern Petersen Harcourt, 2004, p 94.

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