Jewelers Building

35 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Structure: steel frame
Completed 1926
Architects: Thielbar & Fugard, with Giaver and Dinkelberg

This was the first office and commercial structure on Wacker Drive. It was dubbed the "Jewelers Building" for the large number of jewelers who had stores in the building. During the Depression, the domed top floor housed a speakeasy where Chicago politicians were known to imbibe.

Photo courtesy Jeffery Howe, http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/archives.html