Carson Pirie Scott and Company Store
This nine-story and former department store was designed in 1906 by Louis H. Sullivan, one of the bold innovators of the Chicago School, and still stands as a model of skyscraper architecture.
The functionality of the steel frame construction is heightened aesthetically by the design of the façade. The height of the building is emphasized by the vertical lines above the cast-iron entry portal. Within the department store, slender columns pick up on the vertical lines again. The store was closed in February 2007.