Civic Opera Building
building in North Wacker Drive / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Civic Opera Building is a 45-story office tower at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The building opened November 4, 1929, and has an Art Deco interior. It has a 3,563-seat opera house, the Civic Opera House, which is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America.
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Civic Opera Building | |
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General information | |
Status | Complete |
Architectural style | art deco |
Address | 20 North Wacker Drive |
Construction started | 1927 |
Completed | 1929 |
Cost | $23,385,000 |
Height | 555' |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 45 |
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Today, the opera house is the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.