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Landmark Status Sought for 'Skyscrapers'

CHICAGO-The 14-story New York Life Building in the Central Loop and nine-story West Town State Bank Building at 2400 W. Madison St. earn preliminary landmark status from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks.

By Mark Ruda | Updated on November 14, 2002

CHICAGO-Two of the city’s early skyscrapers, one Downtown and another on the Near West Side, are on their way toward receiving landmark designation. The Commission on Chicago Landmarks Thursday gave the New York Life Building at 37 S. LaSalle St. as well as the West Town State Bank Building at 2400 W. Madison St. preliminary landmark status.

The New York Life Building, built over a 10-year period that included the turn of the 20th Century, is one of two remaining office buildings designed by architect William LeBaron Jenny, known as “father of the skyscraper.” Built in 1929, the West Town State Bank Building is a mid-rise office building not commonly found in the city’s outlying neighborhoods.

The 14-story, 210,000-sf New York Life Building would appear to be a prime redevelopment project, according to its most recent property tax assessment. The Cook County Assessor’s office places 89% of the property’s value in the 0.4-acre site.

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