May 28, 1894 – The Chicago Daily Tribune
reports that Hugh M. G. Garden has been awarded the gold medal of the American
Institute of Architects for the best architectural design, a plan that the
architect worked up for the New York
Herald. The Herald’s plan to replace its offices at Broadway and Ann Street
resulted in a competition to which Garden contributed his design, “a
nineteen-story office building, the planning of which was rendered extremely
difficult on account of the extreme irregularity of the lot.” [Chicago
Daily Tribune, May 28, 1894] The paper continues, “The design is radically
different from the office buildings of the day and is remarkable for its
picturesque sky line, the top being a delightful grouping of gables, balconies,
towers and turrets … If built [it will be] the highest commercial structure in
the world.” Garden, the president of the
Chicago Architectural Sketch Club and one of the designers of the Montgomery
Ward warehouse building at 600 West Chicago, was an active member of the
Prairie Style designers who inhabited Steinway Hall not long after the
conclusion of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. His design for the New York Herald did not win the competition. The winning design by George B. Post is shown
above along with the sketch of Garden’s vision.
May 28, 1926 – It is announced that the Builder’s Mart, with a design by Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, will be erected at the southwest corner of Wacker Drive and La Salle Street. This will be the first improvement on the brand new Wacker Drive west of 35 East Wacker, completed in 1926. A. E. Coleman, President of the Building Construction Employers’ Association, says, “[This building] will tend to unite the business interests identified with the building industry. The popularity of such a proposition has been signified by building interest, as more than fifty per cent of the space already has been applied for.” In addition to Coleman’s association, it is anticipated that the structure will also hold the Chicago Master Steamfitters’ association, the Builders’ Association of Chicago, the Iron League of Chicago, the Illinois Highway Contractors’ association, and the Illinois branch of the Associated General Contractors of America. There will also be 10,000 square feet of space set aside for the Builders’ Club. Off the lower level of Wacker Drive will be a garage with space for 150 vehicles. The 1927 building stands on the right side of La Salle Street in the photo above with a glassy addition designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill completed in 1986.
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