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Peoples Gas Company Building

Official name:	122 South Michigan
Also known as:	People's Gas Company Building
Formerly:	Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company Building

122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, The Loop 60603 United StatesPrint this page   •   Share this page   •   Map This

Text by Wayne Lorentz

Once the biggest kid on the block, the People's Gas Building retains its stature even though the city of Chicago has grown up around it.

The design is indicative of its time. It employs the standard three-piece skyscraper formation, plus lots of classical embellishments like ornamental lions along the balustrade at the top. Its hundreds of windows reflect the nature of its design -- to serve a huge and growing company with thousands of workers.

At the time of its construction, rows of small windows were traditional because of engineering limitations of the era. But this building was erected at the beginning of a new era. One where steel carried the weight of the building, not the exterior walls. Indeed, this building does have a steel skeleton. But rather than supporting the entire building, steel cantilevers transfer the weight of the majority of the building onto a frame to keep the upper stories from crushing the decorative granite columns and other elements from the third floor down.

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There are three comments.

  From my office, I see many people a day taking pictures of the building. From the inside, I forget what a lovely building it really is.

Chris Davis - Saturday, July 17th, 2010 @ 12:13pm  

  One's eyes are drawn to the marble columns and the decorative top floors of the building. The three styles of the face give one the illusion of grandeur, solidity, and strength.

Wonderful Lines - Thursday, March 4th, 2010 @ 5:17pm  

  Worked in this building for 2 years now, it can be too hot and too cold in the same day, but all things considered a pretty good place to work. Best to keep a sweater in your office/at your desk just in case. Easternly views cannot be beat - well maybe by San Francisco, LA, Seattle, Maui, etc. In the midwest this is the best.

Worked in this building for 2 years now, it can be too hot and too cold in the same day, but all things considered a pretty good place to work. - Thursday, April 9th, 2009 @ 8:40am  

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