The Crain Communications Building is a 39-story, 582 foot (177 m) skyscraper located at 150 North Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois.[1] It was also known as the Smurfit–Stone Building and the Stone Container Building. While the building was originally going to be called "One Park Place," it opened as The Associates Center, named after the initial tenant of the building, the Associates Commercial Corp.[2]
Construction of the building began in 1983 and was completed in 1984. The building, noted for its unusually slanted facade, was designed by Sheldon Schlegman of A. Epstein and Sons. It has 39 floors of tenant space and the two spires at the top cover the main roof and serve as mechanical rooms for HVAC equipment.
Although the building looks as though it is split down the middle, the two sides are only slightly disjointed until nearing the top, where there is a gap between them. At times, its slanted roof—which has been likened to a skyscraper pared with a knife—displays local sports slogans on its face, such as "GO BEARS" and "GO SOX".[3][4] It also displayed "VOTE 2008" during the 2008 election day rally at Grant Park.[3]
At the time of its construction, the Associates Center was considered to be a smart building, with sophisticated environmental and security controls. Three years after its completion, the building played a role in the Touchstone Pictures film Adventures in Babysitting. It was also the location of Patrovita's office in the 1986 film Raw Deal. The building is also modeled in EA's SimCity 4, as well as being destroyed in the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon and in the videogame Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. The building name was changed to the Crain Communications Building in March 2012, after Crain Communications moved its headquarters there.[5]
The building is popularly referred to as the Diamond Building or the Vagina Building (from the locally popular but apocryphal story that, with its prominent vertical slit up the front, the building was designed to be a yonic counter to the phallic nature of most skyscrapers).[6]
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January 01, 1970
crain, communications, building, story, foot, skyscraper, located, north, michigan, avenue, downtown, chicago, illinois, also, known, smurfit, stone, building, stone, container, building, while, building, originally, going, called, park, place, opened, associa. The Crain Communications Building is a 39 story 582 foot 177 m skyscraper located at 150 North Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago Illinois 1 It was also known as the Smurfit Stone Building and the Stone Container Building While the building was originally going to be called One Park Place it opened as The Associates Center named after the initial tenant of the building the Associates Commercial Corp 2 Crain Communications BuildingCrain Communications Building in 2016General informationLocation150 N Michigan Av Chicago Illinois United StatesCoordinates41 53 07 N 87 37 29 W 41 8854 N 87 6248 W 41 8854 87 6248Construction started1982Completed1983Opening1984OwnerJohn Hancock Real Estate Asset ManagementHeightTip582 ft 177 m Technical detailsFloor count39Floor area709 998 sq ft 65 961 0 m2 Design and constructionArchitect s A Epstein and Sons Construction of the building began in 1983 and was completed in 1984 The building noted for its unusually slanted facade was designed by Sheldon Schlegman of A Epstein and Sons It has 39 floors of tenant space and the two spires at the top cover the main roof and serve as mechanical rooms for HVAC equipment Contents 1 History 2 Tenants 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editAlthough the building looks as though it is split down the middle the two sides are only slightly disjointed until nearing the top where there is a gap between them At times its slanted roof which has been likened to a skyscraper pared with a knife displays local sports slogans on its face such as GO BEARS and GO SOX 3 4 It also displayed VOTE 2008 during the 2008 election day rally at Grant Park 3 At the time of its construction the Associates Center was considered to be a smart building with sophisticated environmental and security controls Three years after its completion the building played a role in the Touchstone Pictures film Adventures in Babysitting It was also the location of Patrovita s office in the 1986 film Raw Deal The building is also modeled in EA s SimCity 4 as well as being destroyed in the film Transformers Dark of the Moon and in the videogame Command amp Conquer Red Alert 2 The building name was changed to the Crain Communications Building in March 2012 after Crain Communications moved its headquarters there 5 The building is popularly referred to as the Diamond Building or the Vagina Building from the locally popular but apocryphal story that with its prominent vertical slit up the front the building was designed to be a yonic counter to the phallic nature of most skyscrapers 6 Tenants editCrain Communications 7 Consulate General of Sweden Chicago Wells Fargo Insurance Services 8 United Airlines previously maintained a ticketing office in this building 9 See also editList of tallest buildings in ChicagoReferences edit Smurfit Stone Building Chicago U S A Emporis com Emporis Archived from the original on April 9 2013 Retrieved July 4 2011 Allen J Linn February 23 1993 Not that Stone Container Building this one got it Chicago Tribune p 1 a b Abernethy Samantha March 17 2009 The Chicago Skyline s Wardrobe Changes Chicagoist Gothamist Archived from the original on March 21 2009 Retrieved July 4 2011 It s a White Sox world Observations from around Chicago and from fans of the South Siders Daily Herald October 28 2005 Chicago Architectural Info Chicago Architectural Info Archived from the original on November 12 2016 Retrieved July 3 2012 Exoo Thales May 16 2007 Ask Chicagoist Feminist Icon or Random Building Chicagoist Gothamist Archived from the original on May 30 2009 Retrieved July 4 2011 Crain Communications to move to 150 N Michigan in 2012 Archived from the original on February 12 2011 Retrieved September 20 2012 Contact Wells Fargo Insurance Services Archived from the original on December 18 2012 Retrieved September 20 2012 Information on United Flights 93 and 175 United City Ticket Offices United Airlines Archived from the original on September 25 2001 Chicago Stone Container Building 150 N Michigan Ave External links edit nbsp Media related to Smurfit Stone Building at Wikimedia Commons Emporis building ID 116680 Emporis Archived from the original on March 7 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Crain Communications Building amp oldid 1201447201, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
