About Us
Luxury Student Living
Restaurants
Kingsbaker Café
900 W. Van Buren
0.1 mi
The Automatic Lofts is an apartment
community for students from all of
Chicago's schools. Featuring allinclusive rates, on-site fitness and
laundry, a 24/7 front desk attendant
and more The Automatic Lofts
provides residents an exciting and
welcoming home, and hassle free
living!
Primo’s Pizza
816 W. Van Buren
0.2 mi
Jimmy Johns
900 W. Van Buren St.
0.2 mi
Greek Island Restaurant
200 S. Halsted St.
0.3 mi
Contact Automatic Lofts
Pegasus Restaurant & Taverna
130 S. Halsted
0.3 mi
Wishbone
1001 W. Washington Blvd.
0.5 mi
Talay Chicago
1222 W. Madison
Live with friends you already have and
make new ones when you make
Automatic Lofts your home.
Phone: 312.850.1234
Email: [email protected]
Web: AutomaticLofts.com
Automatic
Lofts
History
Never
Looked
So Good
0.7 mi
Green Street Smoked Meats
112 N. Green St.
0.7 mi
Girl & The Goat
809 W Randolph St
0.8 mi
Au Cheval
800 W Randolph St
0.8 mi
Lou Malnati’s Pizza
1235 W. Randolph
0.9 mi
Avec
615 W. Randolph
1 mi
AUTOMATIC LOFTS
410 S Morgan St
Chicago, IL 60607
Neighborhood
Guide
Coffee Shops
Transit Rail & Bus
Blue Line UIC Halsted Station
225 ft.
126 Jackson Bus
230 ft.
8 Halsted Bus
0.2 mi
20 Madison Bus
0.4 mi
Union Station
0.7 mi
Ogilvie Transportation Center
1 mi
Green Line Morgan/Lake Station 1 mi.
Pink Line Morgan/Lake Station 1 mi.
LaSalle Street Station
1.1 mi
Grocery Stores
Target
800 ft.
1101 W. Jackson Blvd
900 ft.
0 .6 mi
0.8 mi.
0.3 mi
Starbucks
1001A West Madison Street
0.4 mi
La Colombe
0.6 mi
955 W Randolph St.
Nohea Café
1312 West Madison Street
0.8 mi
Banks
MB Financial
100 S Halsted St
105 N Halsted St
0.1 mi
0.4 mi
0.6 mi
Chase Bank
0.7 mi
Citibank
0.7 mi
Activities
Title Boxing Club
Chic-A-Go-Go
0.2 mi
0.2 mi
322 S. Green St.
0.3 mi
Brooklyn Boulders Chicago
0.3 mi
100 S. Morgan
Roosevelt Branch
0.6 mi
Corks and Brushes
0.3 mi
770 W. Gladys Ave
Harold Washington Library
400 S. State St.
301 South Halsted Street
313 S. Peoria St.
UIC Library
1101 W Taylor St
Meli Cafe
1200 W Taylor St
Libraries
801 S. Morgan
0.3 mi
0.6 mi.
Walmart Neighborhood Market
570 W Monroe St
306 South Halsted Street
550 W Adams St
0.6 mi
Whole Foods Market
1 N. Halsted
Artopolis Bakery & Cafe
Bank of America
24-hour Walgreens
111 S. Halsted St.
0.2 mi
Fifth Third Bank
Mariano’s Fresh Market
40 S. Halsted St.
111 S Morgan St
900 West Van Buren
711 Convenience Store
833 W. Van Buren St.
Morgan St. Café
1.3 mi
Mars Gallery
1139 W. Fulton Market St.
0.9 mi
The picture above shows a mural painted on the
Automatic Lofts by Ricard Haas, an artist who
trained with Frank-Lloyd-Wright. Haas applied
trompe l'oeil details to the mural on what was then
called the Reliable Building, which was
commissioned by the Reliable Corp. in 1984. There
he paid tribute to Daniel Burnham and his
unrealized 1909 Civic Center Plan, which would
have been built on the site occupied by the mural.
History of Automatic Lofts
Listed on the National Register of Historic
Places as the “Automatic Electric Company”
building.
Automatic Electric was founded as Strowger
Automatic Telephone Exchange Co. by
Kansas City resident Almon Strowger, who
invented the first automatic (dial) telephone
switch in 1889. For decades AE was a
leading supplier of telephone equipment to
independent (non-Bell) telephone
companies across the U.S. The company also
at various times supplied switching and
other equipment to the Bell System.
The Strowger Switch is the fundamental
element behind every modern day
telephone system.
The Automatic Electric Company, which
Almon Strowger helped create, was acquired
by General Telephone & Electric (GT&E) in
1955.