Atlas Relief - 1 N. LaSalle Building - Chicago, IL
Posted by: adgorn
N 41° 52.938 W 087° 37.934
16T E 447542 N 4636901
Not exactly a statue, but pretty amazing Atlas none the less. Sculpted by Leon Hermant for this building erected in 1929-30.
Waymark Code: WM8CG4
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2010
Views: 13
From the City of Chicago landmarks site (
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"A premier example of the soaring, streamlined skyscrapers built during the 1920s, One North LaSalle is also one of the city's best surviving examples of the Art Deco style, with its dramatic silhouette and lavishly detailed entrance and lobby."
Circling the building at the fifth floor are 17 relief panels sculpted by Leon Hermant, depicting America's most famous explorers, LaSalle, Marquette, Columbus, Clark and Joliet, as well as Indian Chiefs, Justice and Atlas. See other waymarks for this site.