CA # 08 Near North Side

Here is a Spreadsheet of the list of Buildings and Attractions for CA # 08 Near North Side:

CA #08 Near North Side

And here is the link to the Map of Near North Side:

CA # 08 Near North Side

… that will take you past all of the Buildings and Attractions included on the above spreadsheet.

IMG_59282.  John Hancock Building.  1970.

IMG_5162IMG_51607.  Holy Name Cathedral.   1874-1875.  Patrick Charles Keely.

IMG_5149IMG_5151IMG_5150IMG_51458.  St. James Episcopal Cathedral.  1870-1875.  Rebuilt after 1871 Chicago Fire.

IMG_5154IMG_5156IMG_51529.  Ransom R. Cable Mansion.  Henry Ives Cobb.

IMG_515710.  Samuel M. Nickerson House.  1883.  Burning & Whitehouse.

IMG_515811.  American College of Surgeons.  1923-1926.  Marshall & Fox.

IMG_514312.  The Allerton Hotel.  1922-1924.  Murgatroyd & Ogden.

IMG_514114.  Chicago Spire.  2007.  Santiago Calatrava.  Plans abandoned due to the 2007-2009 Recession.

IMG_513915.  Tribune Tower.  1923-1925.  John Mead Howells & Raymond Hood.

15.  Tribune Tower on the right.  16.  Wrigley Building on the left.

IMG_513816.  Wrigley Building. 1920-1924.  Graham, Anderson, Probst & White.  View West and South.

IMG_5135IMG_513717.  Billy Goat Tavern & Grill.  1934.  Top looking East:  That’s the Wrigley Building to the South (right) and the below grade street leading to the Billy Goat straight ahead.

Marina Tower.  1960-1968.  Bertrand Goldberg.  1962 East Tower 1st Tenants.  1st Post-War High-Rise.

IMG_5127Merchandise Mart.  North side, looking East.

IMG_5128Merchandise Mart.  West Entrance.

IMG_5130Merchandise Mart.  South Side, looking East.

IMG_513418.  Merchandise Mart. 1928-1930.  Graham, Anderson, Probst & White.  North side, looking West.

IMG_5125IMG_512619.  (William) Seward Park.  1908.  Dwight Perkins.  1999 Renovated.  1867 Secretary of State (Under Abraham Lincoln) Seward purchased Alaska for the U.S. for $7.2 million.

IMG_512320.  Near North Apartments (Mercy Apartments).  2007.  Helmut Jahn.

IMG_512121.  Cabrini-Green .  1942-1962.  1995-2011 Demolished.  1992 Ogden Ave. Overhead Viaduct demolished.

IMG_5119IMG_512022.  Wrigley Global Innovation Center.  2004-2005.  Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc. (HOK).  note Rails to Trails pedestrian path from North Ave. south to the Wrigley campus.

IMG_5931Mural on North Ave.

IMG_5115IMG_5116IMG_511723.  British School of Chicago.  2007.  Joe Valerio.  Top:  View from the North, Middle and South.

IMG_511224.  Apple Store.  2009-2010.

IMG_5108IMG_5111IMG_510825.  Latin School est. 1888.  1969.  2007 Middle School (not pictured)

IMG_5104IMG_5105IMG_510626.  Archbiship’s Residence.  1880-1885.  James H. Willett.  Top:  Looking Northwest, looking Southwest, looking Southeast.

IMG_5103IMG_510227.  Patterson-McCormick Mansion.  1893.  Stanford White for McKim, Meade, and White.  1927 addition (Top) David Adler.  1978-2023 and currently 9 condominiums.

IMG_5100IMG_509728.  James Charnley House.  1891-1892.  Louis Sullivan supervised employed FLW !

IMG_5929IMG_5930Seasonal decorations on Astor St.

IMG_5093IMG_509629.  Drake Hotel.  1920.  Marshall & Fox.

IMG_5927IMG_5088IMG_5928IMG_509630.  Palmolive Building.  1929.  Holabird & Root.  1930 Lindbergh Beacon originally had 360 degrees of arc; from the late 2000’s, points only towards the lake.

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31.  Scottish Rite Cathedral.  1867. Ted V. Wadskier.  After Chicago Fire:  1873 Burling & Adler.

IMG_5926IMG_508532.  Newberry Library.  1893.  Henry Ives Cobb.

IMG_5925IMG_508733.  Washington Square Park.  (Bug House Square). 1842.  Site of impassioned Soap Box speeches.