Edificio Field (Chicago)

El Field Building , también conocido como LaSalle National Bank Building y Bank of America Building ^{[ 1 ]} , es un edificio de oficinas de estilo art déco ubicado en 135 South LaSalle Street, en el área del Loop de Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos . El edificio fue declarado Monumento Histórico de Chicago el 9 de febrero de 1994. ^{[ 2 ]}

La construcción del Field Building se completó en 1934 como un rascacielos de 45 pisos y 163,1 metros (535 pies) de altura en el solar delimitado por las calles South Clark , South LaSalle y West Adams. El estudio de arquitectura fue Graham, Anderson, Probst & White . Se considera el último gran edificio de oficinas erigido en Chicago antes del paréntesis en la construcción provocado por la Gran Depresión y la Segunda Guerra Mundial , que finalizó con la construcción de One Prudential Plaza en 1955. ^{[ 2 ]} 

Muchas de las innovaciones más recientes, como los ascensores de alta velocidad y el aire acondicionado, se incorporaron al diseño del edificio. El vestíbulo cuenta con una galería de varios niveles entre las calles LaSalle y Clark, que permite a los peatones transitar entre ambas calles y acceder a los locales comerciales sin salir del edificio. El panel indicador del ascensor y el buzón del vestíbulo presentan un diseño integrado que se asemeja a la forma exterior del edificio.

The building rises from a four-story base that covers the entire site. The exterior of the first story is faced in polished black granite. Windows are framed with polished aluminum or monel metal and have black and polished aluminum spandrel panels. The entrances on the east and west facades rise the entire height of the base and are also framed in black granite. Five pilasters faced in white Yule Marble separate the bays containing revolving doors that provide access to the lobby.

The upper stories are sheathed in limestone with windows grouped vertically and recessed to emphasize the building's height. The 45-story rectangular tower is centered on the base and buttressed by a shorter 22-story tower at each of its four corners.^[3]

Several buildings occupied this site until construction commenced in 1931. The world's first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building (1885–1931), occupied the western portion facing LaSalle and Adams Streets.^[4] On December 7, 2004, a fire broke out on the 29th floor that also spread to the 30th floor; 25 people were injured.^[5]

Much of the building's rentable area was occupied by the LaSalle Bank, with the remainder occupied by various private tenants. In 2007, LaSalle Bank was sold by its European owner ABN AMRO to Bank of America and the building's name changed to the Bank of America Building. In August 2008, the Bank sold the building to AmTrust but continues to occupy 0.8 million square feet (74,000 m²) of the 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m²) in the building under a lease that runs through 2020.^[6][7] In April 2017, the bank announced it would relocate its offices to a new tower under development at 110 North Wacker.^[8]

Mechanical spaces are located at the 25th and 45th floor levels. The 43rd and 44th floors house executive dining rooms for use by the bank and selected other tenants, with a cafeteria located on the concourse level. The west side of the ground floor is utilized by Bank of America for retail banking, with the east side rented to merchants. The rest of the floors consist of typical office space. As was customary in the 1930s, the building does not have a 13th floor.

En el piso 45 se encontraba la emisora ​​de radio FM WEFM . ^{[ 9 ]} La emisora ​​era propiedad de Zenith Radio Corporation . Transmitió música clásica desde 1940 hasta 1977. ^{[ 10 ]} Posteriormente, emitió música rock. ^{[ 11 ]}

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