Editing Auditorium Building (section)

==Later uses==
On October 5, 1887, President [[Grover Cleveland]] laid the [[cornerstone]] for the Auditorium Building. The [[1888 Republican National Convention]] was held in a partially finished building where [[Benjamin Harrison]] was nominated as a presidential candidate. On December 9, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison dedicated the building and opera star [[Adelina Patti]] sang "Home Sweet Home" to thunderous applause.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} Adler & Sullivan had also opened their offices on the 16th and 17th floors of the Auditorium tower.
[[File:Roosevelt university murray green library 2017-09-10.jpg|thumb|[[Roosevelt University]]'s Murray-Green Library on the 10th floor of the Auditorium Building]]

The [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]] debuted on October 16, 1891, and made its home in the Auditorium Theatre until moving to [[Symphony Center|Orchestra Hall]] in 1904.<ref name=FFFE/>

The opera company renting the accommodation moved to the [[Civic Opera House]] in 1929, and the Auditorium Theatre closed during the [[Great Depression]]. In 1941, it was taken over by the city of Chicago to be used as a [[World War II]] servicemen's center. By 1946, [[Roosevelt University]] moved into the Auditorium Building,<ref name=FFFE/> but the theater was not restored to its former splendor.

In 1952, Congress Parkway was widened, bringing the curb to the southern edge of the building.  To make room for a sidewalk, some ground-floor rooms and part of the theater lobby were removed and a sidewalk arcade created.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/117207/auditorium-building-chicago-il-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512185639/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/117207/auditorium-building-chicago-il-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |title=Auditorium Building |work=[[Emporis]]}}</ref>

[[File:OBAMANOMENON (3004814871).jpg|thumb|right|Crowd outside the Auditorium Theatre during Obama's [[Barack Obama election victory speech, 2008|Grant Park rally on the night of the 2008 election]]]] 
On October 31, 1967, the Auditorium Theatre reopened and through 1975, the Auditorium served as a [[rock concert|rock venue]]. Among other notable acts, the [[Grateful Dead]] played there ten times from 1971 through 1977.

The Doors also played their first concert at the Auditorium Building after their arrest of singer [[Jim Morrison]] on June 14, 1969.

It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] by the [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the Interior]] in 1975.

The building was equipped with the first [[central air conditioning]] system and the theater was the first to be entirely lit by [[incandescent]] [[light bulb]]s.<ref name=FFFE/> In 2001, a major restoration of the Auditorium Theatre was begun by Daniel P. Coffey and Associates in conjunction with [[EverGreene Architectural Arts]] to return the theater to its original colors and finishes.

On April 30, 2015, the [[National Football League]] held its [[2015 NFL draft]] in the Auditorium Theatre, the first time the league had held its annual draft in Chicago in more than 50 years.