 The Chicago Merchandise Mart
 North side of the Merchandise Mart
 Behind the Merchandise Mart
 A display inside the Merchandise Mart The Merchandise Mart is one of the largest commercial buildings in the world, located in Chicago, Illinois. It opened in 1930 on the site of the Chicago and North Western Railway's former Wells Street Station, which the railroad had abandoned in favor of the Chicago and North Western Passenger Terminal in 1911. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x761, 352 KB) Summary Merchandise Mart viewed from Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x761, 352 KB) Summary Merchandise Mart viewed from Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 347 KB) Photo taken by Robert Werner File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 347 KB) Photo taken by Robert Werner File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x750, 61 KB)Behind the Merchandise Mart, in downtown Chicago File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x750, 61 KB)Behind the Merchandise Mart, in downtown Chicago File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 265 KB) Photo taken by Robert Werner File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 265 KB) Photo taken by Robert Werner File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 606. ...
1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...
The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ; unofficial abbreviation: C&NW) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ...
Postcard view ca. ...
Modern Ogilvie Transportation Center The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center is a passenger terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, currently serving the three commuter rail lines of Metras Union Pacific District, which approach the terminal elevated above street level. ...
1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
At one time, the building was owned by Marshall Field, of the Chicago retail giant Marshall Field and Company. Opened on May 5, 1930, The Merchandise Mart realized Marshall Field’s dream of a single wholesale center for the entire nation. In 1945, the Merchandise Mart was purchased by Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. When Joseph P. Kennedy returned to the United States from his position as Ambassador to Great Britain, he saw something in what Field was trying to accomplish. Thus, The Merchandise Mart was owned and managed by the Kennedy family interests for more than 50 years. Marshall Field (1834 -1906) was founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago based chain of department stores. ...
Marshall Fields State Street Store interior, about 1910 Marshall Field and Company is a department store. ...
1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
Joe Kennedy Joseph Joe Patrick Kennedy, Sr. ...
The Merchandise Mart was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White. When it opened in 1930, its cost was reported as both $32 million and $38 million. It was built in art deco style. In 1953, Joseph Kennedy commissioned eight bronze busts to be sculpted which would come to be known as the Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame: Frank Winfield Woolworth, Aaron Montgomery Ward, Julius Rosenwald, Robert Elkington Wood, John Wanamaker, Edward Albert Filene, Marshall Field and George Huntington Hartford. All of the busts face north, apparently looking at the building. Graham, Anderson, Probst & White is a Chicago architecture firm that was founded in 1912 originally as Graham, Burnham & Co. ...
1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...
Asheville City Hall. ...
1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Frank Winfield Woolworth (April 13, 1852-April 8, 1919) was an American merchant. ...
Aaron Montgomery Ward (February 17, 1844 - December 7, 1913) was an American businessman notable for the invention of mail order. ...
Julius Rosenwald Julius Rosenwald (born August 12, 1862 in Springfield, Illinois - January 6, 1932) was a U.S. manufacturer, business executive, and philanthropist. ...
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John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838 - December 12, 1922) was a United States businessman, considered the father of the department store and the father of modern advertising. ...
Marshall Field (1834 -1906) was founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago based chain of department stores. ...
George Huntington Hartford (1833-1917) founded The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company in 1859 with George Gilman. ...
The building was owned by the Kennedy family through MMPI until 1998, when MMPI was acquired by Vornado Realty Trust for $450 million in cash and a $100-million-plus stake in Vornado. [1] Christopher Kennedy remained as President of MMPI. The Irish Catholic political dynasty, John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy The Kennedy family is a prominent Irish-American family in American politics and government descending from the marriage of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Vornado Realty Trust NYSE: VNO is a New York based Real estate investment trust. ...
Christopher George Kennedy was born July 4, 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts. ...
The Merchandise Mart has its own station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, served by the Brown and Purple Lines. The station's turnstiles are actually within the building, while the platforms themselves are connected to the east side of the building. Merchandise Mart is a station on the Chicago Transit Authoritys L system, located in the Near North Side at 350 North Wells Street in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 320 north, 200 west). ...
Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois. ...
The L[1], variously if perhaps incorrectly styled L, El, or L (see below), is the rapid transit system that serves Chicago, Illinois in the United States. ...
The Brown Line (Ravenswood Service) of the Chicago Transit Authority Chicago L rapid transit system, is a 11. ...
The Purple Line (Evanston Service) of the Chicago Transit Authority is a 3. ...
Turnstiles at Alewife subway station in Cambridge, Massachusetts A turnstile, also called a baffle gate, is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. ...
References
- ^ Vornado press release.
- Chappell, Sally A. Kitt, Architecture and Planning of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, 1912–1936:Transforming Tradition, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL 1992
See also Chicago architecture has influenced and reflected the history of American architecture. ...
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