Civic Opera Building
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.
| Civic Opera Building | |
|---|---|
 rear facade | |
| 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 |
Today, the opera house is the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Civic Opera Building Media
Wacker Drive façade of the Civic Opera Building with part of the arcade
Detail of a sculpture by Henry Hering
Other websites
- "The Magic Wand of the Opera" Popular Mechanics, February 1930, pp 202-205 technical details of the 1929 advances Civic Opera House over other opera houses of that era - i.e. curtains, back-drops, movable stages, lighting, etc
- Chicago landmarks web site with photos of the building
- Civic Opera House website
- Lyric Opera website
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