Symphony Center
Symphony Center
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Color High-resolution Print* of the Symphony Center.
Symphony Center is a music complex located at 220 South Michigan Avenue in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. Home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Civic Orchestra of Chicago; and the Institute for Learning, Access, and Training; Symphony Center includes the 2,522-seat Orchestra Hall, which dates from 1904; Buntrock Hall, a rehearsal and performance space; Grainger Ballroom, an event space overlooking Michigan Avenue and the Art Institute of Chicago; a public multi-story rotunda; Opus restaurant and café; and administrative offices. In June 1993, plans to significantly renovate and expand Orchestra Hall were approved and the $110 million projects resulting in Symphony Center began in 1995 and were completed in 1997.
Designed by architect Daniel Burnham, Orchestra Hall was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 19, 1994. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978.
Built-in 1904, Orchestra Hall was designed by renowned Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. The new hall was specifically designed as a home for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which had previously performed in the larger Auditorium Theater. Construction began on May 1, 1904, and the first concert was given on December 14, 1904. The building has "Theodore Thomas Orchestra Hall" inscribed on its façade, after the orchestra's first music director who died less than a month after his conducting debut there. The names Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Wagner are inscribed above the ballroom windows on the façade.
From 1907 through 1996 the ninth-floor penthouse of the building served as the home of the Cliff Dwellers Club, with interior architecture by Howard Van Doren Shaw and the first significant mural of John Warner Norton.
Orchestra Hall was also used as a movie theater during the 1910s, to maintain income during the summer months, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was playing at the Ravinia Festival. Lectures and other programs were held at Orchestra Hall with speakers including Harry Houdini, Richard E. Byrd, Amelia Earhart, Bertrand Russell, and Orson Welles.
In 2008 the venue hosted the 2008 Green National Convention alongside the Palmer House Hilton.
In 2012 the venue hosted the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates alongside the UIC Pavilion. This was held in Chicago simultaneous to the 2012 Chicago Summit.
This is a print of my digital drawing done with an Apple Ipad in Procreate.
Printed on: White Canon Ink Jet Fine Art Paper "Museum Etching" (350 g).
Printer: Canon Pro 9000 Mark II.
The print will include a Certificate of Authenticity signed and dated by the artist.
*Please note that you are purchasing the print only.
It will be shipped to you in a protective paper envelope, between two rigid pieces of cardboard to protect from bending.
- I will ship most orders within 3 business days after payment is received.
- Payments received Friday/Saturday/Sunday will ship the following Monday.
Symphony Center is a music complex located at 220 South Michigan Avenue in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. Home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Civic Orchestra of Chicago; and the Institute for Learning, Access, and Training; Symphony Center includes the 2,522-seat Orchestra Hall, which dates from 1904; Buntrock Hall, a rehearsal and performance space; Grainger Ballroom, an event space overlooking Michigan Avenue and the Art Institute of Chicago; a public multi-story rotunda; Opus restaurant and café; and administrative offices. In June 1993, plans to significantly renovate and expand Orchestra Hall were approved and the $110 million projects resulting in Symphony Center began in 1995 and were completed in 1997.
Designed by architect Daniel Burnham, Orchestra Hall was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 19, 1994. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978.
Built-in 1904, Orchestra Hall was designed by renowned Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. The new hall was specifically designed as a home for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which had previously performed in the larger Auditorium Theater. Construction began on May 1, 1904, and the first concert was given on December 14, 1904. The building has "Theodore Thomas Orchestra Hall" inscribed on its façade, after the orchestra's first music director who died less than a month after his conducting debut there. The names Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Wagner are inscribed above the ballroom windows on the façade.
From 1907 through 1996 the ninth-floor penthouse of the building served as the home of the Cliff Dwellers Club, with interior architecture by Howard Van Doren Shaw and the first significant mural of John Warner Norton.
Orchestra Hall was also used as a movie theater during the 1910s, to maintain income during the summer months, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was playing at the Ravinia Festival. Lectures and other programs were held at Orchestra Hall with speakers including Harry Houdini, Richard E. Byrd, Amelia Earhart, Bertrand Russell, and Orson Welles.
In 2008 the venue hosted the 2008 Green National Convention alongside the Palmer House Hilton.
In 2012 the venue hosted the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates alongside the UIC Pavilion. This was held in Chicago simultaneous to the 2012 Chicago Summit.
This is a print of my digital drawing done with an Apple Ipad in Procreate.
Printed on: White Canon Ink Jet Fine Art Paper "Museum Etching" (350 g).
Printer: Canon Pro 9000 Mark II.
The print will include a Certificate of Authenticity signed and dated by the artist.
*Please note that you are purchasing the print only.
It will be shipped to you in a protective paper envelope, between two rigid pieces of cardboard to protect from bending.
- I will ship most orders within 3 business days after payment is received.
- Payments received Friday/Saturday/Sunday will ship the following Monday.
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