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Chicago Athletic Association Building and
Annex
Chicago
12 S. Michigan,
(Henry Ives Cobb, 1893)
71 E. Madison,
(Schmidt, Garden & Martin, 1907 & 1926)
The Chicago Athletic Building and Annex are contributing structures within
the city’s Historic Michigan Boulevard landmark district. However, plans are
currently being proposed to demolish the Madison Street annex for a fifty-
to eighty-story condominium tower across from Millennium Park.
In the city’s
designation report for this local historic district, staff found the annex
to be “an excellent example of progressive architectural trends at the turn
of the 20th century.” |
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One of the proposed plans also includes demolition of significant portions
of the club’s Venetian-Gothic inspired building, which faces Michigan
Avenue. This proposal follows a recent trend along the Michigan-Wabash
corridor of constructing large-scale towers behind the façades of historic
structures. Examples include the Heritage Millennium, the Legacy at
Millennium Park (within the Jewelers Row District), and the 80-story tower
proposed as part of the YWCA building redevelopment at 830 S. Michigan
Avenue.
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 What Can I Do?
Object to any proposed demolition of these properties which should be afforded
protection under the city of Chicago landmarks ordinance. Contact Alderman
Burton Natarus, 42nd Ward, 121 N. LaSalle St., Room 306, Chicago, IL 60602 /
(312) 744-1728 (fax) and Brian Goeken, Deputy Commissioner, Landmarks Division,
City of Chicago Dept. of Planning, 33 N. LaSalle St., Room 1600, Chicago, IL
60602 / (312) 744-9140 (fax).
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Photography: The black and white photos are of
an athlete at the club and Jack Dempsey in the ring with the Athletic Club’s
boxing coach. (71 E. Madison) upper floor photo copyright: Daniel Kieckhefer,
for Emporis.
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