Chicago Window
Tripartite Façade
MacArthur Foundation
Ongoing Maintenance
A 10-Year Project
Use of Modern Materials
Renewed Cornice
Restoration of the Cornice
Restoring the Marquette Building
Restoration
Times of Change
Repairing the Marquette Building
Fight for a Landmark
The Rise and Fall
Louis Tiffany & J.A. Holzer
Amy Aldis Bradley
Herman MacNeil
Edward Kemeys
Exterior Bronzes
Interior Bronzes
Decor: Escutcheon Hardware
Decor: The Calumet
Decor: Fleur-de-lys
Decor: The Mosaics
The Extra Touches
History of the Marquette Building
Early Changes
Home Sweet Home
The Banking Floor on Up
Allocation of Space
Access to Outside
Original Concept Elevation
Original Floor Plans
The Floating Slab
Profitable Building Management
Forward Thinking
The Depression Advantage
Best of Times, Worst of Times
The General Contractor
The Architects
The Investors
The Building Manager
Nothing Else Like It
Chicago Window
Chicago School of Architecture
Steel Frame
Fears Abound
Fireproofing the Steel Birdcage
Floating Stone Giants
Skyscrapers in 1880's Chicago
A Chicago Landmark
Nowhere to Go but Up!
Marketing
What’s in a Name?
Early Recorded History
Building Site History
Dearborn Street, ca. 1895
1893 World’s Fair
Skyscrapers in Chicago?
Chicago, 1890s
Introduction
Chicago Window
Tripartite Façade
MacArthur Foundation
Ongoing Maintenance
A 10-Year Project
Use of Modern Materials
Renewed Cornice
Restoration of the Cornice
Restoring the Marquette Building
Restoration
Times of Change
Repairing the Marquette Building
Fight for a Landmark
The Rise and Fall
Louis Tiffany & J.A. Holzer
Amy Aldis Bradley
Herman MacNeil
Edward Kemeys
Exterior Bronzes
Interior Bronzes
Decor: Escutcheon Hardware
Decor: The Calumet
Decor: Fleur-de-lys
Decor: The Mosaics
The Extra Touches
History of the Marquette Building
Early Changes
Home Sweet Home
The Banking Floor on Up
Allocation of Space
Access to Outside
Original Concept Elevation
Original Floor Plans
The Floating Slab
Profitable Building Management
Forward Thinking
The Depression Advantage
Best of Times, Worst of Times
The General Contractor
The Architects
The Investors
The Building Manager
Nothing Else Like It
Chicago Window
Chicago School of Architecture
Steel Frame
Fears Abound
Fireproofing the Steel Birdcage
Floating Stone Giants
Skyscrapers in 1880's Chicago
A Chicago Landmark
Nowhere to Go but Up!
Marketing
What’s in a Name?
Early Recorded History
Building Site History
Dearborn Street, ca. 1895
1893 World’s Fair
Skyscrapers in Chicago?
Chicago, 1890s
Introduction