The Rookery is gorgeous to the point of absurdity, with delight to be found in details in the rustic lower walls and the triumphant upper walls

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The Rookery (Chicago), Chicago

The Rookery is gorgeous to the point of absurdity, with delight to be found in details in the rustic lower walls and the triumphant upper walls.

The Rookery is gorgeous to the point of absurdity, with delight to be found in details in the rustic lower walls and the triumphant upper walls. (Note the helpful street names carved in the corners.) Named for pigeons' habit of roosting in the then-new skyscrapers, this was the first Loop building to be granted preservation status in 1972. The lobby was remodeled in 1907 by enfant terrible Frank Lloyd Wright, adding his own touch to the interior.


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About The Rookery (Chicago)

 209 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL, United States

 +1 312-553-6100

 www.therookerybuilding.com

The Rookery (Chicago) and Nearby Sights on Map

University of Chicago

Chicago Board of Trade Visitor Center

This monumental 1930 building is an Art Deco masterpiece and dominates its surrounding streets like no other in the Loop

Federal Reserve Bank Money Museum

Currency wonks can study various denominations and practice counterfeit detections

Federal Center

This plaza includes Mies' Dirksen Federal Building and Kluczynski Federal Building (built eleven years apart), with a low-rise post office enveloped in their sleek black lines

Chicago Loop

Marquette Building

It's partially obscured by renovations, but this first-wave skyscraper still makes an immediate contrast with the modern Federal Center across the street

Monadnock Building

Named appropriately for a mountain in New Hampshire, the Monadnock was the last tall building to be supported by its own walls (not a metal frame, although the 1893 addition by Holabird & Roche does use one)

Metropolitan Correctional Center

While not very tall, this 1975 brutalist structure is one of the most distinctive and curious in the Chicago skyline

AT&T Corporate Center

Built by Adrian Smith in 1989, the 1007 feet tall granite-clad AT&T Corporate Center is one of the city's more distinctive skyscrapers for its massive size, spiked roof pinnacles, and a style evocative of both Gothic and Japanese architectural styles

Chase Tower

Located at the exact epicenter of CTA's Loop transit system, this 850ft building is distinctive for its vertical curve