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McCormick Place

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Creator(s)
architectural firm: C. F. Murphy Associates (American, 1957-1981), architect: Gene Rudolph Summers (American, 1928-), engineer: Sherwin P. Asrow (American, active late 20th century)
Time period
creation date: replacement for destroyed building (renamed Lakeside Center in 1998), 1968-1971, creation date: North Building opens, 1986, creation date: South Building opens, 1996, creation date: West Building opens, 2007
Location
Site: Chicago (Illinois, United States)
Cultural context
American
Description
2301 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60616
exterior, detail of cantilevered roof
Work type
Convention center
Concert hall
Exhibition building
Medium
glass (material)
steel
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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