Chicago Stock Exchange Arch

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The arch was sculpted by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan in 1893 for the Chicago Stock Exchange building. Prior to the building's demolition, the entryway arch and the trading floor were saved for preservation by the Art Institute of Chicago.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-16 |title=Reconstructing Adler and Sullivan's Stock Exchange Trading Room |url=https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9091/reconstructing-adler-and-sullivan-s-stock-exchange-trading-room |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=The Art Institute of Chicago |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608144026/https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9091/reconstructing-adler-and-sullivan-s-stock-exchange-trading-room |url-status=live }} Other architecturally significant fixtures and pieces from the exchange were preserved, including a staircase saved by The Met Fifth Avenue,{{Cite web |title=Staircase from Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/7875 |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art |language=en |archive-date=2024-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405145653/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/7875 |url-status=live }} and a baluster saved by the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art.{{Cite web |title=Baluster from the Chicago Stock Exchange |url=https://www.kirklandmuseum.org/collections/work/baluster-from-the-chicago-stock-exchange/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Kirkland Museum |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610181020/https://www.kirklandmuseum.org/collections/work/baluster-from-the-chicago-stock-exchange/ |url-status=live }}

A 1974 donation of $520,000 by Walter E. Heller Foundation, whose company purchase the Exchange and replaced it with the Heller International Building, allowed for the preservation and reinstallation of the arch and former trading floor.{{Cite news |last=Artner |first=Alan G. |date=1974-04-04 |title=$520,000 Art Institute gift to remake stock exchange |work=Chicago Tribune |page=6 |issn=1085-6706}} The arch was installed outside the Art Institute of Chicago's east entrance in 1977.{{cite web |title=Grant Park Sculptures |url=https://www.grantparkconservancy.com/sculptures |accessdate=2017-04-09 |publisher=Grant Park Conservancy |archive-date=2021-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306110325/https://www.grantparkconservancy.com/sculptures |url-status=dead }}

The arch is presently located outside of the Modern Wing of the Art Institute. During the three-and-a-half-year construction of the Modern Wing, the arch had to be shrouded in fabric mesh and scaffolding to protect it from possible construction damage.{{Cite web |last=Kamin |first=Blair |date=2008-08-28 |title=Preservation icon about to re-emerge |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/08/27/preservation-icon-about-to-re-emerge/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}

File:Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 30 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL HABS ILL,16-CHIG,36- (sheet 1 of 5).tifThe arch was originally installed at the entrance of the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, a thirteen story building housing the city's stock exchange. While doors were originally present in the arch, they were removed when relocated to the Art Institute of Chicago.

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