1.10. Letzter Tag Chicago: The Rookery, Milennium Park

Letzter Tag in Chicago. Wir fahren zur Station Jackson mit der Redline, vorbei an Stock Exchange und Chicago Bord of Trade. Heute ist unser erstes Ziel The Rookery Building. Das Gebäude wurde von den Architekten Danile Burnham und John Wellborn Root geplant und 1888 fertig gestellt.

"it is considered one of their masterpiece buildings, and was once the location of their office. The building measures 181 feet (55 m), is twelve stories tall and is considered the oldest standing high-rise in Chicago. It has a unique style with exterior load-bearing walls and an interior steel frame, which provided a transition between accepted and new building techniques. The lobby was remodeled in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Beginning in 1989, the lobby was restored to the original Wright design."

In unmittelbarer Nähe steht die Skuptur 'The Flamingo' von Alexander Calder aus 1973

Da das Spertus Museum bzw. genauer Institute of Jewish Studies leider gesperrt war, geht's weiter in den Millennium Park

und zum Carbide & Carbon Building. "The building, which was built in 1929, is an example of Art Deco architecture designed by Daniel and Hubert Burnham, sons of architect Daniel Burnham. Originally built as a high-rise office tower, the Carbide & Carbon Building was converted in 2004 to the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago. The building has 37 floors and is 503 feet (153 m) tall."

The exterior of the building is covered in polished black granite, and the tower is dark green terra cotta with gold leaf accents. According to popular legend, architects Daniel and Hubert Burnham designed the building to resemble a dark green champagne bottle with gold foil.

The ground floor was originally designed to display products of the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation's subsidiaries whose offices were in the building. The lobby features art deco bronzework and black Belgian Marble.

Damit verabschieden wir uns von Chicago und es geht weiter nach Washington, DC