If you’ve passed the James R. Thompson Center this year, you’ve seen the barricades blocking the glassy front entrance and the signs: “Building Interior Closed for Renovation.” You can’t miss the big orange crane out front, or the irony. | ✍️ DeannaIsaacs
Here’s a question: How many elements can you strip from an iconic building before it loses its identity?
Less than 40 years after its celebratory ribbon cutting, this unique postmodern structure, intended to be the most open and public of public buildings, is neither public nor open.The wrecking ball had been a real threat for years but especially since 2015, when Governor Bruce Rauner planted himself in the iconic atrium to announce that he was putting the Thompson Center up for sale and couldn’t imagine that any buyer would let it stand.Governor J.B.
Then, last July—in a feat of real estate magic surprising even for Chicago—Pritzker revealed that Google will be the ultimate owner of the 1.2 million-square-foot Helmut Jahn-designed masterpiece, purchasing it from Reschke’s group after they complete a three-year renovation. Google will use the entire building as a new headquarters; the state of Illinois will be completely out.
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