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Civic Opera Building photograph.
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
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Civic Opera Building photograph.
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
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Civic Opera Building photograph.
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
This image is available as a print or poster.

Civic Opera Building photograph.
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
This image is available as a print or poster.

Civic Opera Building photograph.
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
This image is available as a print or poster.

Civic Opera Building photograph.
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
This image is available as a print or poster.

Civic Opera Building photograph.
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation
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Civic Opera Building

Also known as: Civic Opera House
Built: 1927-1929
Cost: $20,000,000.00
Designed by: Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Type: Skyscraper
Stories: 45
Maximum Height: 555 feet / 169 meters
Location: 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, United States
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  • The man who commissioned this building, Samuel Insull, formed Commonwealth Edison.
  • When this building opened, water from the Chicago River was pumped inside for the hydraulic pumps that raised and lowered the stage.

  • Seating: 3,500.

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  • When this building was erected, the intention was for rent in the skyscraper to support the opera. But it opened just before the stock market crash, and both went bankrupt.

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