London Guarantee Building

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building_name=London Guarantee Building


year_built=1923
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location=360 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois
coordinates = coord|41.888|N|87.625|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Crain Communications Building
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roof =Ft to m|318
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floor_count =22
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architect= Alfred S. Alschuler
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construction_period=1922-1923
emporis_id=117318The London Guarantee Building is a historic building located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. It is known as one of the four 1920s flanks of the Michigan Avenue Bridge (along with the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower and 333 North Michigan Avenue). It sits on part of the former site of Fort Dearborn. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on April 16 1996. [cite web|url=http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/L/LondonGuarantee.html|title=London Guarantee Building|publisher=City of Chicago Dept. of Pl. and Devpmt., Landmarks Div.|date=2003|accessdate=2007-05-19]

In 2001, the building was acquired by Crain Communications Inc. and is now referred to as the Crain Communications Building.

The top of the building resembles the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, but it is supposedly modelled after the Stockholm Stadshus. [cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=londonguaranteebuilding-chicago-il-usa|accessdate=2007-05-19|date=2007|publisher=Emporis|title=London Guarantee Building] It is located in the Michigan-Wacker Historic District. The building sits on the property that the Hoyt Building sat on from 1872 until 1921.cite book|title=Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis|publisher=University of Chicago Press|author=Mayer, Harold M. and Richard C. Wade|year=1969]

For the 1980s and 90s show "Perfect Strangers" the building was used as the home of the Chicago Chronicle.fact|date=April 2008

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