Chicago City Hall

Past buildings (1837–1908) The first Chicago City Hall in 1837 was in leased chambers in the Saloon Building on the corner of Lake and Clark Streets. Holabird & Roche Building (1908–present) The city and county jointly sponsored an architectural competition that Holabird & Roche won by unanimous vote. The columns are hollow and were built in 5 feet-high segments. and on March 21, 1957, a fire destroyed the original, Italian Renaissance-style City Council Chamber, which featured murals by Frederick Clay Bartlett and oak paneling imported from England. A completely remodeled, contemporary-style chamber reopened in 1958. The Northwestern Mutual Life Building, which opened in 1914, bears striking similarity to Chicago City Hall, particularly its five-story colonnade and three grand entryways. ==Features==

Entrance reliefs The main (west) City Hall entrance features four reliefs sculpted by John Flanagan. Each of the panels represents one of four principal concerns of city government: playgrounds, schools, parks, and water supply. The main (east) County Building entrance features four additional high reliefs: a man studying a scroll; a man holding a sailing ship and fishing net; and two near-identical reliefs depicting an older version of the county seal flanked by two young men. File:Chicago City Hall (51575574600).jpg File:Relief sculpture panel, Chicago City Hall, Chicago, early 20th century (NBY 605).jpg|alt= File:Relief sculpture panel, Chicago City Hall, Chicago, early 20th century (NBY 894).jpg File:Relief sculpture panel, Chicago City Hall, Chicago, early 20th century (NBY 758).jpg File:Chicago-City-Hall-County-Building-Relief.jpg File:Relief sculpture panel, Chicago City Hall, Chicago, early 20th century (NBY 547).jpg File:Entrance To Chicago's City Hall (2130003764) (cropped).jpg File:Chicago City Hall, County Building, Coat Of Arms Detail (2129228123).jpg Green roof In 2001, roof gardens were completed atop the west wing serving as a pilot project to assess the impact green roofs would have on the heat island effect in urban areas, rainwater runoff, and the effectiveness of differing types of green roofs and plant species for Chicago's climate. Although the rooftop is not normally accessible to the public, it is visually accessible from 33 taller buildings in the area. The Garden consists of 20,000 plants of more than 150 species, including shrubs, vines and two trees. The green roof design team was headed by the Chicago area firm Conservation Design Forum in conjunction with noted "green" architect William McDonough. With an abundance of flowering plants on the rooftop, beekeepers harvest approximately of honey each year from hives installed on the rooftop. Tours of the green roof are by special arrangement only. The Chicago City Hall Green Roof won the Merit Design Award of the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) competition in 2002. File:20080708 Chicago City Hall Green Roof.JPG|Roof garden atop city hall File:Chicago City Hall interior.jpg|Botticino marble lobby File:Nationalgeograph351919nat.pdf|page=39|City Hall-County Building as seen in the January 1919 issue of National Geographic File:Fasces on City Hall Chicago.jpg|A fasces decoration above an entrance ==In media==

The exterior and parts of the interior of the building were featured in the climax of the 1980 comedy film The Blues Brothers, in which the titular characters, Jake and Elwood Blues, race to the building to beat a property tax deadline while being chased by police officers, firefighters, and the U.S. Military. The building's interiors of were featured in the 1993 blockbuster movie The Fugitive, where Richard Kimble (played by Harrison Ford) is chased down the stairs by U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones), until spilling into the lobby, where Kimble narrowly escapes being apprehended by Gerard and his men. ==Agencies==

leaving the mayor's office (2016) The Following Agencies are located in the building: • Elected Offices: • Office of the Mayor – 5th Floor • Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities • City Council – 2nd Floor (Council Chambers) • City Clerk – 1st Floor • Treasurer – Room 106 • Buildings Department – Room 900 • Department of Finance – 7th Floor • Department of Law – Suite 600 • Business Affairs and Consumer Protection – 8th Floor • Department of Planning and Development – 10th Floor • Department of Streets and Sanitation – Room 1107 • Office of Emergency Management and Communications • Department of Procurement Services – Room 806 • Department Human Resources ==References==