Civic Opera Building
| Civic Opera Building | |
|---|---|
 rear facade | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Architectural style | art deco |
| Address | 20 North Wacker Drive |
| Construction started | 1927 |
| Completed | 1929 |
| Cost | $23,385,000 |
| Height | 555' |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 45 |
The Civic Opera Building is a 45-story office tower at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The building opened November 4, 1929, and has an Art Deco interior. It has a 3,563-seat opera house, the Civic Opera House, which is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America.
Today, the opera house is the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Other websites[change | change source]
- "The Magic Wand of the Opera" Popular Mechanics, February 1930, pp 202-205 technical details of the 1929 advances Civic Opera House over other opera houses of that era - i.e. curtains, back-drops, movable stages, lighting, etc
- Chicago landmarks web site with photos of the building
- Civic Opera House website
- Lyric Opera website
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