[Genma Saotome]

Just record keeping. Almost all of these 292 named buildings have been modeled. All are in the Loop plus a few blocks further south. A good number are still there. Not listed are named buildings on the near north side or west of the river.

1 N Lasalle
10 N Clark Bldg
100 N Lasalle Bldg
100 W Monroe Bldg
120 S Lasalle Bldg
123 W Wacker Dr Bldg
127 N Dearborn Bldg
14 N Michigan Bldg
140 N Dearborn Bldg
185 N Wabash Bldg
19 W Jackson Bldg
1st Security Savings & Loan @ 180 W Washington
20 E Jackson Bldg
203 N Wabash Bldg
209 W Jackson Bldg
231 S Wells Bldg
30 N Dearborn Bldg
30 N LaSalle Bldg
300 W Adams
308 N Michigan Bldg
30W Washington Bldg
32 N State Bldg
325 W Jackson Bldg
330 S Franklin Bldg
35 S Dearborn Bldg
39 S Lasalle Bldg
5 N Wabash Bldg
5 S Dearborn Bldg
57 E Jackson Bldg
69 W Washington Bldg
7 S Dearborn Bldg
Adams Bldg @ 317 W Adams
Adams Wabash Bldg @ 297 S Wabash
Adams-Franklin Bldg @ 131 S Franklin
Adams-Market Bldg 235 W Adams
American National Bank @ 33 N Lasalle
Atlas Bldg @ 226 S Wabash
Baldwin Bldg
Bay State Bldg 126 N State
Bell Bldg
Benson & Rickson
Bishop Bldg @ 143 N State
Bismarck Hotel @ 170 W Randolph
Blakley Bldg @ 418 S Wacker
Board of Trade @ 318 S La Salle
Bond Clothing
Borland Bldg 105 S Lasalle
Brooks Bldg
Builders Bldg @ 160 W Wacker
Butler Bldg 162 N State
Butler Paper Bldgs @ 231 W Monroe
Byrant Block NE Corner Dearborn @ Randolph
Capital Bldg @ 165 N State
Capital Garment Bldg @ 224 S Wacker
Carbide & Carbon Bldg @ 230 N Michigan Map 011s (2)
Century Bldg @ 212 S State
Champlain Bldg @ 37 S State
Chas Stevens & Bros @ 19 N State
Chicago Bldg @ 5 W Madison
Chicago Club
Chicago Federation of Musicians 175 W Washington
Chicago Garment Center @ 337 S Franklin
Chicago Motor Club @ 68 E Wacker
Chicago Musical College
Chicago National Bank @ 120 S La Salle
Chicago Public Library @ 85 E Randolph
Chicago Real Estate Bd @ 105 W Madison
Chicago Temple Bldg @ 79 W Washington
Chicago Theater @ 175 N STate
Chicago Title & Trust @ 113 W Washington
City Hall
City National Bank @ 155 Adams
Clark Theater @ 19 N Clark
Clock Bldg 215 W Randolph
Commonwealth Edison Sub Station @ 321 S Franklin
Consumers Bldg @ 220 S State
Continental Bank @ 208 S La Salle
Continental Companies @ 75 E Jackson
Corn Exchange Bank @ Adams at Lasalle
Corn Products at 160 W Wacker
Covenant Club of ILL
Crown Bldg @ 218 S Wabash
Crown Bldg
CTA Wells St Terminal @ 320 S Wells
DB Hansen & Sons @ 25 N franklin
De Paul Bldg
Dearborn Lake garage @ 30 W Lake
Dearborn Substration @ 121 N Dearborn
Delaware Bldg @ 34 W Randolph
Dexter Bldg @ 207 S Dearborn
Distributors Bldfd @ 236 N Wells
Ear-Eye-Nose School
Edison Bldg @ 72 W Adams
Engineering Bldg @ 222 N Wells
Enterprise Bldg @ 127 N Wells
Equitable Bldg 29 S Lasalle
Erlanger Theater @ 129 N Clark
Esquire Cornet Bldg
Exchange National Bank @ 134 S Lasalle Bldg
Farwell Block @ 112 S Market
Fashion Trades Bldg @ 316 W Adams
Federal Building
Federal Life Bldg @ 168 N Michigan
Federal Reserve @ 230 S Lasalle
Field Bldg @ 135 S La Salle
Fine Arts Bldg
First national Bank Bldg @ 76 W Monroe
First Security S&L Bldg
Fischer Bldg @ 347 S Dearborn
Fisk Bldg @ 55 E Wacker
Fort Dearborn Bldg @ 105 W Monroe
Fort Dearborn Hotel
Franklin Bldg
FW Woolworth Bldg @ 227 S State
Gage Bldg @ 18 S Michiganm
Garland Bldg @ 56 E Washington
Garment Center Bldg @ 337 W Quincy
Garrack Bldg @ 60 W Randolf
Garrick Theater
Gerard Bldg
Goldblatt Store @ 5 E Jackson
Grand Central Station
Great Lakes Bldg
Great Nothern Offices
Griffiths Bldg @ 33 S State
Harris Trust Bldg @ 111 W Monroe
Harrtford Bldg @ 57 W Madison
Hart Shaftner & Marx Map 033s
Harvester Bldg @ 180 N Michigan Map 012s
Hearst Square Bldg @ 10 N Wacker Dr
Heyworth Bldg @ 29 E Madison
Hobbs Bldg @ 68 W Washington
Hotel Brevort 120 W Madison
Hotel Chicagoan @ 67 W Madison
Hotel Grace
Hotel Hamilton @ 18 S Dearborn
Hotel LaSalle @ 10 N La Salle
Hotel Lasalle Garage @ 215 W Washington
Hotel Lorraine
Hotel Majestic @ 27 W Quincy
Hotel Morrison @ 17 S Clark
Hotel Planters @ 9 N Clark
Hotel Sherman @ 112 W Randolph Map 015s
Hotel Washington @ 165 W Washington
I Am Temple @ 176 W Washington
Ill Atheletic Clubn Bldg @ 110 S Michigan
Illinois Bell
Industry Bldg @ 119 N Wells
Industry Bldg
Insurance Center @ 330 S Wells
Insurance Exchange @ 175 W Jackson
Jackson St Loft @ 350 W Jackson
Jackson-Franklin Bldg @ 309 W Jackson
Jackson-Wells Bldg 174 W Jackson
Jewlers Building
Joel Hunter Bldg @ 121 W Madison
John Crerar Library 86 E Randolph
John Marshall Law School @ 315 S Clark
JW Butler paper Co
Kodak Bldg 133 N State
La Salle Bank
Lake @ Wells
Lake at Franklin Group @ 169-190 Franklin
Lake at Wacker Dr
Lake St Parking
Lakeview Bldg @ 116 S Michigan
Landfield Bldg @ 36 W Washington
Lasalle Station
Lasalle University @ 417 S Dearborn
Lasalle University Extn
Lasalle-Wacker Bldg @ 121 W Wacker
Lees Bldg @ 19 S Wells
Lemoyne Bldg @ 180 N Wabash
Lewis Bldg @ 29E Jackson
Liberty Mutual Bldg @ 337 W Madison
London Guarentee @ 360 N Michigan
Loop End Bldghr @ 17 N State
Lowell Bldg
Lucien Lelong Bldg 6 N Michigan
Lyon & Healy Bldg @ 56 E Jackson
Lytton Bldg
Madison Trust Bldg @325 W Madison
Madison-Lasalle Bldg @ 177 W Madison
Majestic Office Building 20 W Monroe
Majestic Theater @ 22 W Monroe
Mallers Bldg @ 59 E Madison
Mandell Bros @ NE Corner State at Madison
Manhatten Bldg @ 431 S Dearborn
Market Square Bldg @ 208 S WEacker
Marquette Bldg @ 140S Dearborn
Marshall Field Dept Store @ 139 N State
Marshall Field Whse @ 120 W Lake
Mather Tower
Maurice L Rothchild Bldg
McCormack Bldg
McVickers Theater @ 23 W Madison
Merchantile Exchange Bldg 308 W Washington
Metropolitan Bldg 132 N Lasalle
Michigan Blvd Bldg @ 32 N Michigan
Midland Bldg @ 172 W Adams
Midland Bldg
Milinery Mart
Monadnock Bldg @ 53 W Jackson
Monroe Bldg 81 E Monroe
Morris Bldg @ 204 W Monroe
Morton Bldg 108 N Wells
Nahigin Bros Bldg @ 163 N Wabash
National Republic Bldg @ 134 S Lasalle
National Trailways Bus Depot @ 18 E Randolph
New York Life Bldg
North American Bldg @ 40 S State
Northwestern Bldg @ 208 N Wells
Occidental Bldg @ 107 N Wacker
Ogden Bldg @ 192 N Clark
Old Colony Bldg
Oliver Bldg @ 158 N Dearborn
Opera House @ 20 N Wacker
Orchestra Bldg @ 220 S Michigan
Otis Bldg @ 10 S La Salle
Palace TYheater
Palmer House
Parke-Davis Bldg 130 N Franklin
Peaper Block @ 74 W Washington
Peoples Gas Bldg @ 120 S Michigan
Pittsfield Bldg @ 55 E Washington
Plymouth Bldg @ 417 S Dearborn
Pontiac Bldg
Pullman Standard Bldg @ 79 E Adams
Pure Oil @ 35 E Wacker
Quincy Parking Garage
Railway Exchange Bldg @ 224 S Michigan
Rand McNalley Bldg
Randolph Franklin Bldg
Randolph Square Bldg @ 145 N Clark
Randolph Tower @ 188 W Randolph
Randolph-Wells Bldg 201 W Randolph
Redfield Associates Bldg @ 35 W Jackson
Republic Bldg @ 9 E Adams
Reserve Insurance Bldg 180 W Adams
Rialto Theater @ 340 S State - Shortcut
Rissman_Bldg @ 301 W Adams
Roanoke Bldg @ 127 W Madison
Roosevelt Theater @ 116 N State
Sargent Bldg
Schubert Theater 20 W Monroe
Security Bldg @ 188 W Madison
Sharp Bldg @ 37 S Wabash
Shops Bldg 17 N State
Shubert Theater @ 22 W Monroe
Silversmith Bldg @ 14 S Wabash
Singer Bldg @ 122 S State
Socony Vacuum Bldg
Soden Bldg 233 W Randolph
Standard Club @ 321 S Dearborn
Stark Bldg 234 S Wabash
State of Ill Bldg @ 158 W Randolph
State-Lake Theater @ 178 N State
State-Randolph Bldg @ 154 N State
Steger Bldg @ 28 E Jackson
Stenotype Bldg @ 24 N State
Stewart Bldg @ 4 W Washington
Stromberg-Allen Bldg
Taylor Bldg @ 34 E Randolph
Telephone Square Bldg @ 309 W Washington
Terminals Bldg
Teutonic Bldg @ 179 W Washington
The Fair @ 128 S State
TP Bldg @ 190 W Washington
Trailways Bus Depot @ 18 E Randolph
Troescher Building @15 S. Wacker
Union Life Bldg @ 63 E Adams
United Artists Theater @ 45 W Randolph
University Club @ 76 E Monroe
US Express Bldg @ 58 W Washington
US Gov Offices @ 112 S Wacker
Vanburen Bldg @ 210 W Vanburen
Venetian Bldg @ 15 E Washington
Victoria Hotel @ 414 S Clark
Wabash-Randolph Bldg @ 153 N Wabash
Wells St Terminal
Wells=Lake Bldg @ 179 N Wells
Wells-Jackson Garage @ 320 S Wells
Western Union Telegraph Bldg
Western Union
Westminster Bldg @ 114 S Dearborn
Wilkinson Bldg 179 W Washington
Williams Bldg (2) @ 205 W Monroe
Williams Bldg 59 E Monroe
Willoughby Tower @ 81 E Madison
Woods Bldg @ 54 W Randolph
Woods Theater @ 162 N Deerborn
YMCA Bldg @ 19 S Lasalle

[timmuir]

Impressive body of work, my friend when the fact is remembered that each is different.

[Genma Saotome]

I don't know the numbers but I'm sure the above list is less than half of the buildings in the models, perhaps around 1/3 of the total. The vast majority are not finished, but they're there and they're all based on the dimensional data in the Sanborn maps.


Blue lines bound the buildings in this list,
Green lines bound the probable scope in this area,
Red lines is the Elevated railway that forms the Loop.
Streetcar lines are on almost all streets within the blue boundary lines.
Yellow text spots the major passenger railroad terminals. The IC location is not known to me but the terminal yard is obvious.

[conductorchris]

I'm impressed!

[gpz]

Dave, it is impressive, what you are doing! I've never been in Chicago (or in the USA for that matter), but it would be definitely worth a visit.

Where is the Illinois Central? I'm afraid that is the only one I've heard of, I don't remeber when and how. (Probably it was the The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'.) And sorry for my lack of local knowledge, Chicago is really far from where I live. :)

[Genma Saotome]

Hi Peter,

I grew up outside of Chicago and saw quite a bit of interesting buildings as a kid. I suppose that's what has drawn me into this project.

Chicago is known as an important city of architecture; the first modern skyscraper was build in Chicago in the late 1800's and the architecture styles developed here over the following 30+ years were very influential in other cities. Many of the buildings built in the 1920's used the Art Deco style and a tour of them is amazing. For example, the Carbon and Carbide building:


Entrance



Elevators at lobby

That's gold leaf on everything and a lot of gold leaf adorns the exterior of the building as well. Looks like they had a lot of money on hand.

A whole lot of buildings were clad in terracotta stonework. A lot of that is remarkable art.

What makes my work possible is a set of old Fire Insurance maps; all large cities and most smaller ones in the US had such maps; They were drawn at a scale of 50 foot to the inch and printed on E sized paper (roughly 2ft by 3ft). The maps were sold to fire departments and they showed overall dimensions, heights, construction materials, type of roof, and where windows were to be found. What I do is measure things from downloaded maps and turn them into basic models. With photos on hand I can then add 3d detail to make the model resemble the actual building.

ALL of Chicago, ca. 1950, can be found in these maps, and I have a digital copy of all of the locations i need for this project. It is a lot of work but it is the kind of work I very much enjoy -- research and building architectural models. For the list in the basenote I have over 1500 .jpg images and 94 Sanborn maps.


Over the years lots of old buildings have been knocked down and very tall ones replaced them and a city that was once pretty rich is on hard times today. Some new things are good looking, others I have to say are butt ugly. But I suppose that's true of most cities -- you can't save everything.

[Genma Saotome]

 Weter, on 16 December 2021 - 01:39 PM, said:

About pictures: very futuristic. Especially for beginning of XX century.
Thanks for sharing.
Is that City from post#3 that you modeled already, or that is whole City from Google Earth?
Looks impressive.

The picture shows a small part of a large city... within the blue lines it is maybe 2km square. The entire city is ~600 square km.

Chicago is the largest railroad terminal in the United States and probably held that title from as far back as the 1870's or 80's. In the city center, which I am modeling, held the worlds largest street car network in the first half of the 20th century.


I'm not building a large route; It extends maybe 1/2 km off to the left in the picture and 5-6km in the direction of the upper left hand corner. The section in the city center, called The Loop, will only have streetcar and some commuter rail. The rest of the route is almost entirely industrial switching/shunting. I create a set of maps for industrial switching/shunting and it can be viewed here.

[Weter]

Very interesting note: I didn't know many of those facts.
But mentioning "whole" City, I have tried to ask, was that photo at 3-rd post the view of your route at current stage of construction (i.e. screenshot from train simulator or route editor), or it is some kind of complete model of the same landscape, seen at some other source (I know only google earth, with it's 3-d buildings, which looks like that photo) or maybe, that is some of flight simulators... Looks very detailed. The name of the file is Chicago aerial 1933, so, I guess, that is aero-photo, taken from aircraft. Amazing.

[Genma Saotome]

Oh, that... it is a real photograph of the city take in 1933.

[eric from trainsim]

Glad you got the Engineering Building named correctly. My dad worked there, and I worked across the street in the LaSalle-Wacker for a bunch of years looking at his old offices.