Chicago River #3

Finally, I am back to the blog. Life has been exceedingly busy the past few weeks and I simply have not had time to keep this current. I'll try to prevent that from happening in the future.

This is a photo of East Wacker Drive in Chicago taken from near the northwest corner of the Michigan Avenue Bridge. The building on the left, which looks like a short building with a taller and skinnier building behind it, is located at 35 East Wacker. It was originally known as the "Jeweler's Building." At 523 feet tall, it was the tallest building outside New York City when it was built in 1927. When it opened it housed parking garages on the second through 22nd floors and included a 22-story car lift that allowed delivery vehicles to ride up to the jewelery merchants to make secure transfers.

Next to it is the Unitrin Office Building. This 525-foot tall, 41-floor building was completed in 1962 for the United Insurance Company.

Source: Google Earth