Word: luckman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...idea came from Architect Charles Luckman, head of Ogden's development subsidiary, after he was called in to design buildings for a portion of the site. Luckman, Ogden Chairman Ralph Ablon and I.C.I. Chairman William Johnson finally hammered out a partnership deal while flying from Chicago to Manhattan in an Ogden company plane. "We get all the money; they pay all the bills," joked Johnson last week, as he and Luckman divulged the plans. Not quite. Of the project's total cost, Ogden will receive 5% as architects and 2% as a development fee. Ogden will lease...
...Luckman, who broke with professional tradition by merging his own firm with Ogden in 1968, the still unnamed Chicago venture is the pinnacle of a second career. Though trained as an architect (University of Illinois, '31), he became a soap salesman during the Depression and rose to be president of Lever Bros, at 37. He left the company in 1950 after a policy fight and turned to practicing architecture. Many architects struggle ineffectually to influence decisions that determine the surroundings of buildings and the shape of whole neighborhoods or cities. In Chicago, Luckman has reached that coveted goal...