{"id":12436,"date":"2012-11-22T03:11:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T03:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=12436"},"modified":"2012-11-22T03:12:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T03:12:03","slug":"champlain-building-37-south-wabash-avenue-chicago-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2012\/11\/22\/champlain-building-37-south-wabash-avenue-chicago-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Champlain Building &#8211; 37 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/chicago\/champlain-building.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/chicago\/champlain-building-sm.jpg?resize=575%2C1046\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"1046\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Originally called the Powers Building &#8211; Entire floors &#8211; Offices &amp; Shops &#8211;\u00a0CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/chicago\/aiosa-chicago-champlain-building-ad.jpg?resize=575%2C859\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"859\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Vincenzo Aiosa<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Holabird &amp; Roche have the distinction of designing two buildings in Chicago that eventually bore the same name, the Champlain&#8230; [In 1902] the building was built by a consortium of investors on a piece of property that already had a building standing on it. The architectural firm was so good at what they did that their 13-story tower opened for occupancy in December of 1902, just 8 months after demolition had begun on the old building&#8230;\u00a0In 1938\u00a0after the Powers name change, the building underwent a &#8220;modernization&#8221;\u00a0which stripped the first two floors of their original facades&#8230;\u00a0By 1988 the <em>School of the Art Institute<\/em> itself was outgrowing their studio building at the museum and purchased the nearby Champlain for additional class and office space.<strong> &#8211; Design Slinger<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/designslinger.com\/2011\/01\/20\/champlain-building.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Champlain Building (1902) Holabird &amp; Roche, architects<\/a>&#8211; Design Slinger<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/1993-09-05\/entertainment\/9309050083_1_landmark-designation-landmark-status-official-city-landmarks\" target=\"_blank\">A Landmark Dispute &#8211; Why The Art Institute Supports Preservation-usually<\/a> &#8211; September 05, 1993 By Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune Architecture Critic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holabird &amp; Roche have the distinction of designing two buildings in Chicago that eventually bore the same name, the Champlain&#8230; [In 1902] the building was built by a consortium of investors on a piece of property that already had a building standing on it. 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