Herbert Greenwald

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Herbert Greenwald was a prominent mid-20th-century Chicago real estate developer best known for commissioning landmark modernist residential buildings designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

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instanceOf businessperson
human
real estate developer
activeInPeriod mid-20th century
associatedWith Chicago School of Architecture
surface form: Chicago School of architecture (context of city’s architectural culture)
basedIn Chicago
businessRegion Illinois
collaboratedWith Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
commissionedArchitect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
contributedTo popularization of modernist high-rise living in Chicago
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
developed 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments
900–910 Lake Shore Drive Apartments
Commonwealth Promenade Apartments
860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments
surface form: Esplanade Apartments (Chicago)

Mies-designed residential towers in Chicago
Promontory Apartments
employer Greenwald Realty (developer)
era post–World War II real estate boom
fieldOfWork modernist residential development
real estate development
industry property development
real estate
knownFor early adoption of Miesian modernism in speculative housing
supporting steel-and-glass high-rise design
legacy helped establish Mies van der Rohe’s reputation in American residential high-rises
left a portfolio of landmark modernist apartment buildings in Chicago
nationality American
notableFor collaborations with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
commissioning modernist residential buildings in Chicago
occupation property developer
real estate developer
roleInProject developer of Mies-designed apartment towers
significantProjectLocation Chicago lakefront
Hyde Park, Chicago
Near North Side
surface form: Near North Side, Chicago
styleInfluencedBy International Style
surface form: International Style architecture

Modernism
workLocation Chicago

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