Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Sullivan Center, also: Carson Pirie Scott Building, The Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building or Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Store, is a 63.12 m high, zwölfgeschossiges skyscraper in Chicago. It is a building of the Chicago School. The building is a corner house. It is located in the 1-33 South State Street corner of East Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois. It counts since 1975 to the National Historic Landmark. Is a Chicago landmark The Sullivan Center.
History
The building was built as a result of the great fire of 1871. Louis Sullivan designed the building for the department store Schlesinger & Mayer, the company expanded and sold to Carson Pirie Scott in 1904. 1906 was added Burnham and 1961 Holabird & Roche. The building is located in the Loop Retail Historic District. It was used from 1899 to 2007 of retailers.
In August 2006, the parent company of Carson Pirie Scott, announced that Bon -Ton Stores Inc., the closure of the department store in the building after the Christmas season of 2006. After clearance sale Carson 's was closed in February 2007. The 56,000 m² building was renamed the Sullivan Center.
The renovation budget is a report from 2001, according to about 68.9 million dollars.
Architecture
A hallmark of the Chicago School is the clear line. Louis Sullivan built in this style. At Sullivan's characteristic architectural feature the outline of a tall building is one in three areas analogous to a classical column consisting of: base, shaft and capital. The basis of its structure forms the ground floor with shops, including the development of the stem, the office floors. The capital contains spaces for the building services. The building was built by Sullivan in two stages. 1898-1899 and 1902-1904 The structure consists of an iron and steel construction. The building edge of the street corner he has columnar moderately rounded and positioned in the ground floor as the basis of the main entrance, to a huge bronze plated cast iron Art Nouveau decor adorns the side away runs on the ground floor and first floor, and can recognize in this way the basic character. The decoration of the facades of the first and second floor with ironwork is a further characteristic of the architect Sullivan. The corner post has a vertical orientation, a horizontal side.
The steel structure of the skeleton structure allowed more windows that were created booked wide. The interior received more natural light and window to the pedestrian area could be used for delivery of goods. So the sidewalk showcases emerged. Between the windows were bands of terra cotta as decorative elements. It was originally planned as a material of white Georgia marble. The materials used were essentially fire resistant and emphasized the monumentality. On the roof there was a water tower for the sprinkler system.
In the design of the decorative elements Sullivan drew inspiration from the Celtic metalworking. The decorative elements on the lower floors of the building use natural lighting and shadows to give a floating impression. The attic has deepened in order to gain a narrow loggia space. The cornice projects above the building facade.
Film and literary appearance
1900 is the department store scene of the action in the novel by Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie, where her boyfriend buys clothes for her.
The Carson Pirie Scott Building is 1988 in the horror film Chucky - before the killer doll. It is the place where Andy Barclay's mother works and where Karen Barclay buys the killer doll from a homeless man.
Restoration
In February 2006, the first phase of a multi-year restoration of the upper facade was completed. Apart from cleaning the cornice and the support columns on the 12th floor were renewed. 2008, 2009 and 2010 made further renovations, which included the facade and brass ornaments.