Built: 1926-1927 Designed by: Graham, Anderson, Probst & White Type: Skyscraper Stories: 38 Maximum Height: 557 feet / 170 meters Location: 55 East Washington Street, Chicago, United States
Building Rating 90% of readers like the Pittsfield Building.
Advertisement
A nice slender building that reaches 38 stories without fatiguing the observer. Moreover, its lateral flanks allow it to reach its full height within a small footprint and not look awkward. These setbacks were mandated by the city of Chicago in an effort to preserve what little sunlight was filtering down to street level through the growing forest of skyscrapers, and the thickening haze that became common in industrialized 20th century Chicago.
Developer: Marshall Field
This building is named for Pittsfield, Massachusetts where its developer got his first job.
Rentable floor space: 391586 square feet
November 6, 2002: This building was declared a Chicago Landmark.
Brent Kampert
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 @ 11:31am
Rating: Five stars. This building is a great addition to Chicago's Skyline. It makes a great contrast to the Smurfit-Stone Building, which is 2 blocks away. The pyramidal roof makes it stand out that much more. I can see where the inspiration for Lucien LaGrange's Park Tower came from, with the Green damper roof and the spires on the four corners on the top of the pyramid, before the little green middle portion extends 9 feet.
Add your corrections, comments, reviews, or thoughts about this
building. Simply fill out the form below.
Your name:
E-mail address:
Your nation:
Rate this structure:
15
Your comments:
Messages without valid e-mail addresses, or containing profanity
will be automatically discarded. You're wasting your time, not ours.
Brent Kampert
Five stars.