General Information
| Other name(s): | The Gwen |
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| Completion: | 2000 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Hotel |
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Awards and Distinctions
| 1997 |
façade
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA |
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| Address: | 520 North Michigan Avenue |
| Coordinates: | 41° 53' 29.49" N 87° 37' 29.59" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 58 m | |
| number of floors (above ground) | 16 |
Façade
The previous McGraw-Hill building's façade was re-attached to the new hotel building and had been designated an Chicago Landmark in 1997 shortly before the building's demolition. The façade includes architectural sculpture by Chicago-born artist Gwen Lux.
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The McGraw–Hill Building was a 16-story, 190-foot-tall (58 m) landmark building in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, at 520 N. Michigan Avenue. The facade and its architectural sculpture by Chicago-born artist Gwen Lux were designated a Chicago Landmark on February 7, 1997. The building was demolished in 1998; however, its facade was saved and reinstalled in 2000 on the new Le Méridien Chicago hotel building. The hotel was renamed the Conrad Chicago in 2005. The hotel was again renamed in 2015, becoming The Gwen, for sculptor Gwen Lux, and is part of The Luxury Collection.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "McGraw–Hill Building (Chicago)" and modified on June 12, 2023 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20040212 - Published on:
29/10/2008 - Last updated on:
01/06/2023
