115-year-old 666 State/Hotel Dana awaits its destruction

With mere hours until demolition, the 115-year-old Hotel Dana (with the great street address) sits gaptoothed and lonely, now missing its longtime neighbor to the south (which seemed to fall in a few hours). Its windows are missing or smashed, and its lovely stonework around the door will shortly crumble. Mr. Archibleckture feels that this might be the straw that breaks the camels back; Chicago no longer can hold claim as an architectural capital with all the destruction of its legacy, both large (Mercantile Exchange) and small (the Dana). Chicago cannot simply be a city of faceless towers; it must maintain the smaller gems against the tide of demolition or it will be an even colder place than it already has become.

Much sadness,

Mr. Archibleckture

PS-Heneghan Wrecking's slogan shows how heartless these demolition companies are...to them, this is but another moneymaking demolition.