Smurfit-Stone Building

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Smurfit-Stone Building
Information
Location 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Status Complete
Constructed 1983
Opening 1984
Roof 582 feet (177 meter)
Floor count 41
Companies
Architect A. Epstein and Sons


Smurfit-Stone Building, located at 150 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, is a 41 story, 582 foot (177 meter) skyscraper at 150 North Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois.[1] It was also known as the Stone Container Building and was formerly called the Associates Center.[citation needed] It is popularly referred to as the Diamond Building.[citation needed] Construction began in 1983 and was completed in 1984. The building, noted for its unusually slanted roof, was designed by Sheldon Schlegman of A. Epstein and Sons. The stated 41 floors does not actually include five unused levels in the building; they are located in the narrowest portion at the very peak of the diamond.[2]

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 slashed with a knife — displays local sports slogans on its face, such as "GO BEARS" and "GO SOX".[citation needed]

At the time of its construction the Smurfit-Stone Building was considered to be a smart building, with sophisticated environmental and security controls. An urban legend states that the building was designed to resemble a vagina, but a spokesperson for the architectural firm that designed the building denied that it was supposed to be an anti-phallic symbol.[3]

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[edit] In popular culture

Three years after its completion, the building played a role in the Touchstone Pictures film Adventures in Babysitting.

[edit] Position in Chicago's skyline

311 South Wacker Sears Tower Chicago Board of Trade 111 South Wacker AT&T_Corporate_Center CNA Plaza Chase Tower Three First National Plaza Mid-Continental Plaza Daley Center Chicago Title and Trust 77 West wacker Drive Pittsfield Building Leo Burnett Building The Heritage Smurfit-Stone Building IBM Plaza Buckingham Fountain Lake Michigan Lake Michigan Lake Michigan Jay Pritzker Pavilion One Prudential Plaza Two Prudential Plaza Aon Center Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower 340 on the Park Park Tower Olympia Centre 900 North Michigan John Hancock Center Water Tower Place Harbor Point The Parkshore 55 East Erie North Pier Apartments Lake Point Tower

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=smurfitst1building-chicago-il-usa
  2. ^ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=smurfitst1building-chicago-il-usa
  3. ^ Accardi, Steve. Adventures in vaginal architecture. Sixosix magazine. http://www.606mag.com/main.php?id=80
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