tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969755186620450545.post3528785296496665896..comments2023-08-06T01:23:24.006-07:00Comments on Stories in Stone: The Art Deco StoneDavid B. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02029815547817167829noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969755186620450545.post-28194539317001932842010-02-11T11:17:58.071-08:002010-02-11T11:17:58.071-08:00Chicago has another interesting building that has ...Chicago has another interesting building that has (I believe) at least 4 different stones of intereest. The building is "2 N Riverside Plaza", which used to be called the Daily News Building. It is located on Canal street, just west (and across the Chicago River) from the Lyric Opera and just east of the Oglvie Transportation Center (OTC).<br /><br />It's an Art Deco style building, mostly clad with Salem limestone (containing some interesting fossils). A portion of the base is clad with Morton Gneiss, presenting the artificial unconformity that you mentioned in the blog article.<br /><br />The 2nd floor walkway (leading to the OTC) is clad in what I believe to be Italian travertine, which is some of the youngest stone to be used for building materials. Therefore, in one building, you have some of the oldest stone and some of the youngest stone, which is a rather cool artifial unconformity.<br /><br />The 4th stone, on the interior 1st floor, appears to be an Italain marble.<br /><br />So, 4 neat stones, deep and shallow time spans, fossils and art deco. What more could geological geek want? :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748865223635130953noreply@blogger.com