Renovating Chicago’s historic Thompson Center
Google plans to first remove non-structural interior and exterior elements later this month. Where will they go from there?
Chicago is rich with architectural history – and how long one leg of that history sticks around is now in the hands of Google. The tech giant purchased the Thompson Center in Chicago’s Loop in October 2022 with plans to breathe in new life.
Reset digs into that architectural history and learns more about its future.
GUESTS: Jonathan Solomon, partner in the Chicago firm Preservation Futures, associate prof at the School of the Art Institute
AJ LaTrace, architecture journalist for Chicago Magazine
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Renovating Chicago’s historic Thompson Center
Google plans to first remove non-structural interior and exterior elements later this month. Where will they go from there?
Chicago is rich with architectural history – and how long one leg of that history sticks around is now in the hands of Google. The tech giant purchased the Thompson Center in Chicago’s Loop in October 2022 with plans to breathe in new life.
Reset digs into that architectural history and learns more about its future.
GUESTS: Jonathan Solomon, partner in the Chicago firm Preservation Futures, associate prof at the School of the Art Institute
AJ LaTrace, architecture journalist for Chicago Magazine