Show u. u 3 ioka NEW 1 SKYLINE f-SKYLINE Rf t. t SKYLINE TWICE HEIGHT FORMER a w CHICAGO May ray 4 1 AP Chica P Chica Chicago's gos go's loop which only a few tew years afro hka gO housed a monotonous collection of like box-like structures all alt under q et t today Is rapidly being transformed trans trans- formed ormed Into a territory of ot sky- sky reaching spires domes and towers A new skyline Is In process of ot formation formation for tor mation matlon as Impressive as that of or famed Ma Manhattan f. f and at a 1 level 6 4 i p a double the h t. old line lne Lifting of tho l height re restriction restriction re- re gave Im Impetus to ta the architectural architectural arch arch- reformation Uon which In ad addition ad- ad to popularizing the tower has Included led a 1 Bome somewhat timid uso Use of ot the setback a regular feature of ot present day New York construction The old building line here vas s 66 feet et l permitting structures of ot eighteen eighteen eighteen eight eight- een to twenty stories To take advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of ot every bit of available space apace allowed under the restrictive ordinance virtually all loop buildIngs buildings buildings build build- ings were of ot the p packing box variety variety variety va va- va- va and crowned by a heavy cornice cor cor- nice Not ot a roof root was s to bo be seen and the only tower towed of ot an any consequence consequence consequence conse conse- quence was tho the Tower building In Michigan avenue a somewhat similar to the old Madison Square tower toner and like it it topped by a graceful bronze Diana But Dut when the building height was raised structures began bean to shoot skyward Some Somo of ot the older buildIngs buildings buildings build build- ings tacked on a few tew extra floors while most of ot the new ones climbed up around the forty stow level ol One of ot the first of ot tho the new structures structures structures tures was the Wrigley tower which rises rIfles white and majestic just north of ot the Chicago river rl its lines designed designed designed de de- de- de signed to accentuate the feeling of ot height Across the avenue there arose irose the thirty story Tribune tower a Gothic structure of or varle vane ga gated ted limestone These two t buildings building with the Alerton Allerton Al- Al lerton erton club a massive pile of ot masonry masonry masonry ma ma- In the most modern of ot architectural archi styles stiles and showing a complete complete com com- roof root dominate the ra rapidly growing ski skyline tine of ot the near north northside northside northside side an area spectacularly rehabilitated rehabilitated rehabilitated since sime the Michigan avenue link br bridge d e. e was v a p pushed h over the hJ Chicago go river at a cost of ot Across the river from the Wrigley building the tho- impressive Jewelers' Jewelers tower is nearing completion on the newest Chicago double decked boulevard boulevard bou bou- levard Wacker acker drive formerly the lowly South Water Vater street The main building Is topped by a n tower tower tow tow- er cr which In turn Is capped b by a n. adame adame I dame to be studded with colored glass and rises forty stories to a height of feet teet In the heart of or the loop is the great stone steeple of ot the C Chicago Temple surmounted by a cross cros feet teet above e street level A A block awa away is is' the tallest hotel in the world the story six Morrison tower lower Ono One of ot the most commanding command- command ing ng of ot the new Michigan avenue structures Is the two thirty Strauss Straus building An Interesting feature of or the buildings of at sixteen to twenty stores stories stories stor stor- ies es Is that most o or them have roofs that hat can cnn be seen from the street The DOX and cornice are passing into the architectural |