Tishman Speyer Commission Two-year Project to Conserve Landmark Art

Two years ago, when Tishman Speyer, co-owner and manager of Rockefeller Center, hired EverGreene, Mr. Greene spent six months doing nothing but research. “I read the Rockefeller family archives,” he said. Like the surrounding complex, the art at 30 Rockefeller Plaza has a rich history. A committee set up by John D. Rockefeller and his son, John D. Rockefeller Jr., decided that the artworks there should have a unifying theme, New Frontiers, encompassing aspects of a modern society: science, labor, education, travel, communication, humanitarianism, finance and spirituality. Because 30 Rockefeller Plaza, near the Channel Gardens, where the Christmas tree stands every year, was considered the center’s flagship, it was to be the most elaborately decorated.

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50-story building owned by Tishman Speyer is moving and expanding Chicago office

Polsinelli Shughart is nearly doubling the size of its Chicago office to 29,000 square feet, as part of a move to 161 N. Clark St., the Kansas City, Mo.-based law firm announced Monday. The firm, which has nearly 500 lawyers nationwide and 30 in Chicago, is moving its local office this fall from Two Prudential Plaza, 180 N. Stetson Ave., where it has 15,000 square feet. The firm said it has signed a 15-year lease at 161 N. Clark, where it will occupy all of the 42nd floor and part of the 41st floor. The 50-story building is owned by a venture led by New York-based Tishman Speyer Properties L.P. Grubb & Ellis Co. advised the law firm.

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