Gimbels Parking Pavilion
- Architects
- Frank Drolshagen Mario Schiavonni
- Year
- 1947
- Style
- Streamline Moderne
- City
- Milwaukee, WI
The Gimbels Parking Pavilion is a 1947 Streamline Moderne structure in downtown Milwaukee, designed by Frank Drolshagen and Mario Schiavonni. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, an unusual survival of the parking pavilion building type.
the building
A parking pavilion typology. Built in 1947 to serve Gimbels, the pavilion is a rare surviving example of a purpose-built Streamline Moderne parking structure from its era.
the style
The pavilion was designed in the Streamline Moderne style, giving its facade the smooth, aerodynamic lines associated with the mode.
More on Streamline Modernethe architect
The pavilion was designed by local architects Frank Drolshagen and Mario Schiavonni.
significance
The Gimbels Parking Pavilion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Public Service Building
- The Enerpac Center
- Chase Tower
- State Bank of Wisconsin
- Mitchell Building
- Homewood Suites