Ms. Meyer said that there will be a few questions on the test tomorrow about the buildings we visited in the city. I have highlighted all of the buildings in red that are NOT made from limestone!!
Orchestra Hall
Known as "Theodore Thomas Orchestra Hall" in 1904 for the Orchestra's first conductor and founder, Orchestra Hall is home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Chorus. The building, classified as a neoclassic Georgian structure, was designed by Daniel H. Burnham as a permanent space for the city's finest musicians. The building is made form limestone.
Chicago Cultural Center
Designed by the Boston firm of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, the building was dedicated in 1897 as the first permanent home of the Chicago Public Library. It now serves as the city's official reception venue where the Major has welcomed Presidents, and royalty, and diplomats. The building is faced with Bedford bluestone on a granite base, and designed in a generally neoclassical style.
Pittsfield Building
Designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, the structure combines both art deco and Gothic detailing. The building is a 38-story skyscraper and was the city's tallest building at the time of its completion. The building is made from sedimentary, limestone rocks, which have visible, preserved fossils in them!
Aon Building (Amaco Building)
The Amaco building is a modern skyscraper designed by architect firms Edward Durell Stone and The Perkins and Will partnership to be the Standard Oil Building. Originally, the building was sheathed entirely with 43,000 slabs of Italian Carrara marble. However, the marble used was found to be too thin and within one year the marble cracked off. Therefore, stainless steel straps were added to hold the marble in place. Later, from 1990 to 1992, the entire building was refaced with Mount Airy white granite.
Carbide and Carbon Building
The Carbide and Carbon Building, which was built in 1929, was designed by Daniel and Hubert Burnham, sons of architect Daniel Burnham. Originally built as a high-rise office tower, the Carbide & Carbon Building was converted in 2004 to the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago. The exterior of the building is covered in polished black granite, and the tower is dark green terra cotta with gold leaf accents.
343 (333) North Michigan Ave
Built in 1928 by architects Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root, the building's base is covered in polished black and purple granite. Its upper stories are built from buff-colored limestone and dark terra cotta.
Michigan Ave Bridge
Designed by architect Edward H. Bennett, the Michigan Avenue Bridge is an early example of a fixed bascule bridge, which later became widely known as a "Chicago style bascule". When the bridge was completed it was the main link between the north side and downtown.
Wrigley Building
The building was designed to be the corporate headquarters of the Wrigley Company by the architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White. The building is clad in glazed terra-cotta.
Tribune Building
The Chicago Tribune hosted an international design competition for its new headquarters, and offered a $50,000 prize for "the most beautiful and eye-catching building in the world". The winner was a neo-Gothic design by New York architects John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood, with buttresses near the top. Prior to the building of the Tribune Tower, correspondents for the Chicago Tribune brought back rocks and bricks from a variety of historically important sites throughout the world at the request of Colonel McCormick. The building was finished in 1922, made out of limestone and the historical rocks.
Chicago Water Tower
The tower, built in 1869 by architect William W. Boyington, was made from yellowing Lemont limestone. In addition to being used for firefighting, the pressure in the pipe could be regulated to control water surges in the area.
The carbide and carbon building is also made up of black marble
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