[milwaukee-electric] Re: Return to Posting 9-30-08- MEMORIES OF MILWAUKEE

[Dick Myers]

There is still a manual elevator in Chicago, in the Fine Arts Building on 
Michigan, near the Art Institute.  I rode on it last Saturday.

It was built as the Studebaker Building, home to the Studebaker Carriage 
Company.  Manufacturing of the carriages was on the upper floors, showrooms 
on the lower floor.  They later moved to South Bend, where they built cars.

Very interesting building to visit, with many nice architectural features. 
Frank Lloyd Wright had a studio there.  Also home to the now closed 
Studebaker Theater.

Regards.......Dick
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From: "Scott Greig" <sbgreig_m1 at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Return to Posting 9-30-08- MEMORIES OF 
MILWAUKEE


> The last manual elevators in downtown Chicago were in the Unity Building 
> on Dearborn just south of Randolph.  It fell in 1988-89 as part of the 
> infamous "Block 37" project.
>
> There is one manual elevator in the West Loop, a freight elevator in a 
> small building across from CTA headquarters.