December 22, 1954 – The president of the American Furniture Mart, Lawrence
H. Whiting, confirms rumors that the Mart has obtained control of 333 North
Michigan Avenue, an art deco tower on the southeast corner of Michigan Avenue
and Wacker Drive. Whiting says, “The
American Furniture Mart accumulated this interest as a long term real estate
investment in what we consider to be an exceptionally sound real estate
enterprise.” [Chicago Daily Tribune, December 23, 1954] Arthur M. Wirtz, the chairman of the American
Furniture Mart, is also the president of the 333 Building Corporation. 333 North Michigan Avenue was completed in
1927 according to a design of the firm of Holabird and Root. The Art Deco design of its 25 stories is
particularly striking because of the building’s location just south of the
DuSable Bridge, directly across the river from Tribune Tower.
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