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on the 35 East Wacker Drive website. Accessed: January 30, 2011 is a 40-story historic building in the

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community area of

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, United States, located at the intersection of Wabash Avenue and East Wacker Drive, facing the

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. It was built from 1925 to 1927, and was co-designed by

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and

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. At the time of its completion in 1927, it was the tallest building in the world outside

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. Formerly the Pure Oil Building and North American Life Insurance Building, 35 East Wacker was listed in 1978 as a contributing property to the Michigan–Wacker Historic District on the

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, and was designated a

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on February 9, 1994. For its first 14 years, the building had a car lift that served the first 23 floors and facilitated safe transfers for

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merchants. Currently, the French-American Chamber of Commerce in Chicago is a tenant,. Retrieved on January 31, 2009. and the showroom of architect Helmut Jahn was atop the building inside the dome, which was also once a restaurant called the Stratosphere Club, often erroneously said to be run by

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. (In reality, the Stratosphere Club opened in 1937, long after Capone was imprisoned and too late for the building to have been an illegal speakeasy.) The building is currently being renovated, by Goettsch Partners, and the façade is being maintained, but the interiors converted into a more modern configuration. Both the Chicago chapter of the

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and the City of Chicago have recognized the renovation project with awards.

Tenants

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In popular culture

*The building was featured in the TV series ''

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''. *The building is featured in scenes of the 2005 film '' Batman Begins''. *The 2011 film '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' features a climax set atop the building, which is heavily damaged, along with most of Chicago, in the giant robot battle that ensues. *In 2012, episode 2 of the first season of ''

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'' on the American History Channel featured the building's historic elevator, made by the

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. *The building is shown in the TV series '' The Good Wife'' as the location of the law firm Lockhart/Gardner. *''

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'' (

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1999), Arcade racing videogame. The player drives by this building in the third case. In the game however, a burning gas station that has no relation to reality, is located at the bottom of this building. *The building is a prominent landmark within the fictional city of Lost Heaven in the video game Mafia, and appears also in the remake Mafia: Definitive Edition.

Gallery

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, Mather Tower and 35 East Wacker File:20070530 35 East Wacker Entrance.JPG,

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entrance. File:20070530 35 East Wacker Clock.JPG , Clock on the northeast corner File:35 East Wacker Building 4.JPG , Dome atop the building

References

Notes

External links

Official website
{{Chicago Landmark skyscrapers Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago Office buildings completed in 1927 Historic district contributing properties in Illinois Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago Chicago school architecture in Illinois 1927 establishments in Illinois