Chicago Building Recasts Classic Entrance


Restoration work is nothing new to metalcasters, mostly because the industry has been


producing so many different parts for so many different applications for so long. But a recent


architectural project in Chicago—a city known for the beauty of its buildings—highlights just how metal castings can restore a classic style. Te Monroe Building on Chicago’s iconic Michigan Avenue had its original cast iron


entrances removed during a 1956 renovation. But during a recent project that concluded in 2012, Deggingers’ Foundry, Topeka, Kan., cast iron components that were used to restore two


vestibule entrances and miscellaneous indoor metal trims to their original designs. Pre-cut, rolled steel components were clad with more than six tons of


cast iron to produce all the assemblies, which were pinned to reinforcement steel beneath the concrete as well as the structural I-beams.


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