Sohrab Tebyanian is a longtime Chicago Entrepreneur who founded Andriana Furs in 1987 and maintains an extensive inventory of luxurious outwear. Passionate about exploring the city, Sohrab Tebyanian values the parkland that runs along Lake Michigan and was contributed by Montgomery Ward’s founder to use and enjoy all Chicagoans.
Established in 1872, Montgomery Ward was a mail-order merchandising pioneer that moved into retail sales and was rivaled only by Sears, Roebuck & Co. across town. The 12-story tower, added to Montgomery Ward’s retail headquarters in 1899, housing 3,000 employees, and was the tallest landmark in Chicago for more than two decades until the Wrigley Building supplanted it in 1922. Beyond increasing sales, owner Aaron Ward focused on maintaining Chicago’s natural beauty and ensuring a scenic view of the lake from the corporate headquarters. In this, he adhered to the original city planners’ vision of a downtown lakefront unmarred by development and visual obstruction. Unfortunately, the civic leaders of the time were more focused on maximizing revenue from the land. Even when what was then known as Lake Park became crowded with shanties and refused following the Great Fire, which displaced thousands, Ward remained invested in his idea of open land, free for any citizen to use. In the late 1890s, he successfully sued to prevent Marshall Field’s plan to build a natural history museum on the property.
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