Herbert Greenwald

Herbert Greenwald (1915-1959)

Mr. Greenwald was a Chicago real estate developer who utilized Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe as the design architect for several landmark modern residential buildings including:

• The Promontory 5530 S. South Shore Drive, Chicago, IL (1949)
• 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments , Chicago, IL (1949-1951)
• Esplanade Apartments 900-910 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL (1953-1956)
• Commonwealth Plaza 330-340 W. Diversey Parkway, Chicago, IL (1953-1956)
• Lafayette Park Detroit, MI (1955-1963)

Additionally, he worked with Mies on several unbuilt designs including:

• 1300 Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, IL (1953-1956)
• Chestnut and DeWitt Apartments, Chicago, IL (1953-1956)
• Commonwealth Promenade Apartments, Chicago, IL (1953-1956) A total of four buildings were planned but only two built.
• Herbert Greenwald House, possibly Lake Forest, IL (1955)
• Diversey-Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, IL (1956-1958)
• Hyde Park Urban Renewal, Chicago, IL (1959)
• Lafayette Park Detroit, MI (1955-1963)

Mr. Greenwald died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 320 from Midway International Airport to New York City's LaGuardia Airport on February 3, 1959.

After his death, his real estate firm was renamed Metropolitan Structures. Under the leadership of Bernard Weissbourd, the firm developed Illinois Center in Chicago and other properties throughout the United States including:

• Colonnade and Pavilion Apartment Buildings Newark, NJ (1960)
• One Charles Center Baltimore, MD (1962)
• Highfield House Baltimore, MD (1964)
• 2400 N. Lakeview Chicago, Il (1964)
• 100 and 200 rue de Gaspé Nuns' Island Montreal, Canada (1962-)
• Nuns' Island gas station Montreal, Canada (1969)
• Illinois Center and 111 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Il