July 10, 1925 – Building Commissioner Frank Doherty gives approval for the proposed 40-story Jewelers’ Building, today’s 35 East Wacker, recommending that Corporation Counsel F. X. Busch issue the necessary building permits as quickly as possible. There is one major hang-up in getting the construction started – Fire Commissioner Joseph Connery wants a delay in construction until considerable modification is made in a scheme that would see 572 cars parking in the lower levels of the structure. Connery believes that nothing will eliminate the hazards attendant to a huge parking garage in a skyscraper. The Corporation Counsel seems ready to take the chance, saying, “Recent surveys indicate that an average of 3,000 automobiles are parked daily in loop streets. Five or six other such buildings with equal facilities would nearly solve the parking problem and certainly relieve street congestion.” [Chicago Daily Tribune, July 11, 1925]
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