I've been wanting to post about this for a while. The original tenant of this building a skycraper (located at 820 S. Michigan Ave.) designed by Black architect John Moutoussamy has been going through their own issues with the former flagship publication on a "print hiatus". The skyscraper itself formerly the HQ to the famous Johnson Publishing has now found a reuse.
While the logos of both Ebony & Jet Magazine remains at the top of this building now instead of housing a magazine publishing business it is now a residential building. As the building was designed during the 1970s, it's great the developers have made it a priority to preserve some aspects of this skyscrapers character.
You can read more about at Curbed Chicago
BTW, yes the skyscraper is 11 stories tall and of course perhaps not as tall as the former Sears Tower or even the former John Hancock Building or even still Trump Tower.
While the logos of both Ebony & Jet Magazine remains at the top of this building now instead of housing a magazine publishing business it is now a residential building. As the building was designed during the 1970s, it's great the developers have made it a priority to preserve some aspects of this skyscrapers character.
You can read more about at Curbed Chicago
Chicago's iconic former 'Ebony' and 'Jet' magazine headquarters reborn as apartments. https://t.co/bhAOuknJO3— Curbed Chicago (@curbedchicago) September 19, 2019
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| Photo by Lee Bey in 2007 |
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