Northwest Tower

Northwest Tower

The Northwest Tower, popularly known as the Coyote Building,^[1] is a 12-story art deco building at the corner of North Avenue and Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. It was designed by Perkins, Chatten & Hammond and built between 1928 and 1929.^[2][3] It is considered one of the first skyscrapers to have been constructed outside downtown Chicago.^[4]

The Northwest Tower was built on the site of the Noel State Bank, near the Damen stop on the Chicago 'L'. It was originally marketed to lawyers, doctors, and other professionals.^[4] In the 1980s, it became home to the Tower Coyote Gallery, reportedly named because artists thought the building resembled a howling coyote. Over the next two decades, the surrounding neighborhood held an annual arts festival called Around the Coyote.^[5] In 2008, the Chicago Zoning Board approved plans to convert the building into a hotel, but financial difficulties prevented the building's owner from moving ahead with the project.^[6]

References

1. ^ Brenda Fowler. "The Many Accents of Wicker Park". New York Times. March 24, 2002. Retrieved on August 28, 2010.
2. ^ Al Chase. "Trio of imposing buildings for neighborhood centers". Chicago Tribune. May 20, 1928. B1.
3. ^ Alice Sinkevitch, et al. AIA Guide to Chicago. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003. 265.
4. ^ ^{a b} Landmark Designation Report: Milwaukee Avenue District. Commission on Chicago Landmarks. May 3, 2007. 21.
5. ^ Alan G. Artner. "Call of the wild; Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival 2005". Chicago Tribune. September 9, 2005. 12.
6. ^ Alby Gallun. "Bucktown's tallest building faces foreclosure". Crain's Chicago Business. March 3, 2010. Retrieved on August 28, 2010.

External links

• Northwest Tower Building/Coyote Building. ExploreChicago.org