Smurfit-Stone Building (Chicago, Illinois)
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Illinois /
Chicago /
Chicago, Illinois /
North Michigan Avenue, 150
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/ Illinois
/ Chicago
World / United States / Illinois
office building, skyscraper
The Smurfit-Stone Building is a 41-story, 582-foot (177-meter) skyscraper located at 150 North Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the northwest corner of Grant Park, on the former site of the John Crerar Library. It was also known as the Stone Container Building and was formerly called the Associates Center. It is popularly referred to as the Diamond Building. Construction began in 1983 and was completed in 1984. The building, noted for its unusually slanted roof, was designed by Sheldon Schlegman of A. Epstein and Sons. The diamond-shaped slope is outlined with white light bulbs. Around the holidays they used to be replaced with coloured lights. The stated 41 floors do not actually include five unused levels on top of the building; they are located at the narrowest portion at the very peak of the diamond. The service cores are rotated 45 degress from the street grid, producing diagonally-oriented office floorplans which take advantage of the extraordinary southeast views.
Although the building looks as though it is split down the middle, the two sides are only slightly disjointed until nearing the top where there is a gap between them. At times, its slanted roof - which has been likened to a skyscraper slashed with a knife - displays local sports slogans on its face, such as "GO BEARS" or "GO SOX".
At the time of its construction, the Smurfit-Stone Building was considered to be a smart building, with sophisticated environmental and security controls.
A sculpture by Yaakov Agam used to occupy the triangular niche at street level. Called "Communication - X9", its colourful geometric patterns would change when the viewer walked past.
The building played a role in the 1987 Touchstone Pictures film Adventures in Babysitting starring Elisabeth Shue.
This was the location of Patrovita's office in the film 'Raw Deal' (1986).
Although the building looks as though it is split down the middle, the two sides are only slightly disjointed until nearing the top where there is a gap between them. At times, its slanted roof - which has been likened to a skyscraper slashed with a knife - displays local sports slogans on its face, such as "GO BEARS" or "GO SOX".
At the time of its construction, the Smurfit-Stone Building was considered to be a smart building, with sophisticated environmental and security controls.
A sculpture by Yaakov Agam used to occupy the triangular niche at street level. Called "Communication - X9", its colourful geometric patterns would change when the viewer walked past.
The building played a role in the 1987 Touchstone Pictures film Adventures in Babysitting starring Elisabeth Shue.
This was the location of Patrovita's office in the film 'Raw Deal' (1986).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smurfit-Stone_Building
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°53'5"N 87°37'29"W
- Harrison Square 4.4 km
- FBI Field Office - Chicago 5 km
- Lawless Gardens 6 km
- Uptown Square 10 km
- Eli's Cheesecake Company 16 km
- Chrysler-Dodge / Tucker Chicago Assembly Plant / Tootsie Roll Industries 17 km
- Avondale Office Center 20 km
- O'Hare Lake Office Plaza 24 km
- GES - Global Experience Specialists 24 km
- Panduit World Headquarters 40 km
- Jewelry District 0.3 km
- Millennium Park 0.3 km
- Maggie Daley Park 0.5 km
- New East Side District 0.5 km
- Theater District 0.5 km
- Chicago Loop 0.7 km
- Lakeshore East 0.7 km
- Grant Park 0.9 km
- Monroe Harbor 1.4 km
- Chicago Harbor 1.7 km
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