Local Mayor Emanuel Tours Restored Holden Block by Gary Kopycinski on August 2, 2012 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012. One hundred and forty years after it was originally constructed, Chicago’s landmark Holden Block formally reopened Wednesday as the cutting edge headquarters of a West Loop advertising agency.