Former Spiegel Headquarters Building

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Lance McCalla posted
Always knew I was getting close to to Comiskey Park passing Spiegels overpass!!
[There are lots of comments about loving the catalog.]
Debbie Ramdhanie: Spiegel had an outlet store in that building. You could find incredible bargains on TOP designers if you were willing to go through racks and racks of merchandise. Which I did on many occasions.
Renata Props: Debbie Ramdhanie so did I! But it was far less organized. No clothes on rack just piles on tables, floor, in corners. And I was BLAZING HIT there in the winter! Rolled up sleeves and dive in. Day-long event .
Rodjer Pennick: Warehouse on the left. Offices on the left [right] of photo.
Denny Earley: I worked in the warehouse on Persing.
Robert N Dawn Chiko: Shopped there every weekend.
[I also found this photo on pinterest]

David M Laz posted
Speigel's warehouse on W. 35th st when it was Speigel's

Many refer to it as a warehouse because it is a loft style building. But it was Speigel's headquarters building built "so that different parts of the building could be reconfigured easily." The original two-story building was occupied in 1937 and expanded in 1942. "Spiegel had 11 buildings in the area, with 2.5 million square feet of space." It is "one of the few Art Moderne industrial buildings remaining in Chicago. The building was designed in the Art Moderne style to compliment the catalog’s 1930 transition from discounter back to high-end goods, where it started when it was founded as a store on Wabash Avenue in 1865." (ChicagoArchitecture)
 This building was vacated in 1995. "Spiegel was one of the first — and largest — tenants of the original Central Manufacturing District and a neighbor to companies like Wrigley, Ford, Pullman Couch, Pacific Lumber and Westinghouse Electric." (DNAinfo2016)

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks bestowed the building — part of the mail order company's construction spree in the Central Manufacturing District — with landmark status in 2010. (DNAinfo2014)

Frank Lemond posted
There's a ghost sign for Spiegel, which evidently operated in the Central Manufacturing District. The operation was just south of 1919 W. Pershing Road. Spiegel went defunct in 2019.
Donald Nowaczyk: Spiegel had a warehouse on Pershing rd. They also had buildings on 35th street and Aberdeen.
Bob Marszewski: Donald Nowaczyk and a gigantic warehouse in Bensenville.
Harvey Ruttenberg: Spiegel eventually moved to Oakbrook and then to Downers Grove. Their catalogs looked like fashion magazines and were considered the fashion leaders during their day.
Bob Marszewski: Harvey Ruttenberg that was corporate.
Linda Starr: Most of Spiegel's warehouses were on 35th with large merchandise warehoused on Pershing Road. Spiegel Corporate was located at 23d and Rockwell until they moved to Oak Brook. My husband and I were buyers at Spiegel until the late 80’s.I started as a copywriter for the fabulous Spiegel Catalog in 1962.
John Chodor: SPIEGEL'S WAS ON 35th RACINE. PART OF THE DISTRICT....
Frank Lemond: John Chodor I think you're right about that, but I took that photo behind 1919 W. Pershing Road, so they must've had at least 2 locations in Chicago.
Frank Lemond: John Chodor I think you're right about that, but I took that photo behind 1919 W. Pershing Road, so they must've had at least 2 locations in Chicago.
Bob Marszewski: Frank Lemond they did. I worked on 39th Street for 17 years and in Bensenville for the final 9 before they moved their warehouse operations to Columbus, Ohio.
Billy DeAngelo: Bob Marszewski I knew they were on Pershing, but where did they have the warehouse in Bensenville?
Bob Marszewski: Billy DeAngelo 854 Golf Lane Road. It was a one square block warehouse they operated from 1984 til June of 1996 when they left Illinois.
Billy DeAngelo: Bob Marszewski ok, I know that warehouse, very large. Did it have a railroad siding that entered the building on the east side? It’s been divided up since, multiple occupants now.
Bob Marszewski: Billy DeAngelo that was the warehouse across the street. The complex Spiegel had was eight connecting warehouses.
Mike Michaels: Their main data center was in Westmont