Chicago Landmarks
 
860-880 Lake Shore Drive Bachman House Chess Records Office and Studio Crown Hall Daley Center Dr. Philip Weintraub House First Church of Deliverance Fisher Studio Houses Heald Square Monument IBM Building Inland Steel Building Keck-Gottschalk-Keck Apartments Site of the First Self-Sustaining Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction Turzak House

The Modern Era Tour

Much of the general attention on Chicago architecture focuses on the skyscrapers of the late-19th and early-20th centuries or on the Prairie-style residential designs of such architects as Walter Burley Griffin, George Maher, or Frank Lloyd Wright. Often overlooked are the landmark buildings from Chicago's so-called Modern Era, beginning about 1935 when construction resumed during the Great Depression.

This tour features a variety of more contemporary architecture by such prominent designers Bruce Goff, Keck & Keck, Andre Rebori, and the master modernist, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. it also includes several significant sites and structures, such as a recording studio for early blues and rock n' roll music and the test site for the first, self-sustaining controlled nuclear reaction.


1. 860-880 Lake Shore Drive
2. Bachman House
3. Chess Records Office and Studio
4. Crown Hall
5. Daley Center
6. Dr. Philip Weintraub House
7. First Church of Deliverance
8. Fisher Studio Houses
9. Heald Square Monument
10. IBM Building
11. Inland Steel Building
12. Keck-Gottschalk-Keck Apartments
13. Site of the First Self-Sustaining Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction
14. Turzak House