+ THE AUDITORIUM THEATER. The Tallest Building in Chicago and the Largest in the Country.

 Auditorium Building

 430 South Michigan Avenue | Chicago

 ADLER & LOUIS SULLIVAN, Architects









LOUIS SULLIVAN'S ELEGANT ORNAMENT FLANKS THE PROSCENIUM STAGE

 THE "UTTERANCE OF LIFE IS A SONG, THE SYMPHONY OF NATURE. STAGES OF LIFE BY CHARLES HOLLOWAY

CURTAIN SURROUND .

"Oh Soft and Melodius Spring time!  First Born of Life and Love.  ALBERT FRANCIS FLEURY, MURALIST 


  The Auditorium Theater is a structural tour de force, almost forgotten beneath Louis Sullivan's striking ornament.


   GREGORY H JENKINS AIA PHOTOGRAPHS THE CHICAGO LOOP.