Monday, January 15, 2007

Chicago Board Of Trade

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One of the city's finest examples of Art Deco architecture, a style of the 1920s and early 1930s that attempted to express the modern, streamlined world by the use of cubic forms, geometric ornament, and sleek surface materials.

Address: 141 W. Jackson Blvd.
Year Built: 1930

Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: May 4, 1977

1 comment:

photowannabe said...

I like this shot and the way my eye follows the street perspective.