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Mar 10, 2020 · Discover Chicago Stock Exchange Arch in Chicago, Illinois: A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.
- Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
The meticulously recreated Trading Room is one of the few...
- Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
Jan 28, 2020 · While a list of notable downtown buildings could easily reach triple digits, Chicago is more than its central core. Encompassing 77 neighborhoods, the city has more than its share of local...
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- The Rookery Building
- Chicago Cultural Center
- Wrigley Building
- Tribune Tower
- Willis Tower
- Robie House
- TheMART
- Marina City
- 875 N. Michigan Ave.
- One Illinois Center
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Rookery Buildingis located in Chicago’s downtown Financial District. It was designed by famed architectural partners Burnham and Root and was considered one of the world’s grandest buildings when it was completed in 1888. Inside, the winding iron staircase is a must-see. Another striking featu...
Across the street from Millennium Park, the “People’s Palace” opened in 1897 as the first permanent home for the Chicago Public Library. In 1991, it was rededicated as the Chicago Cultural Centerand became the nation’s first free municipal cultural center, hosting concerts, art exhibitions, and other programming throughout the year. Listed as a Chi...
The riverfront Wrigley Buildingdraws inspiration from Spain’s Seville Cathedral combined with French Renaissance details. The building is made up of two towers of differing heights connected by walkways, all clad in glazed terra-cotta. The gleaming white exterior was inspired by William Wrigley’s visit to Chicago’s World’s Columbian Expositionin 18...
Standing across from the Wrigley Building, the soaring Tribune Tower was born from a competition held by Chicago Tribune to design “the most beautiful building in the world” for the newspaper’s new headquarters. New York firm Hood and Howells beat out over 250 concepts with its Gothic Revival design, featuring limestone walls, elegant buttresses, i...
Formerly known as the Sears Tower, the Willis Toweris the city’s tallest building and the second tallest structure in the Western Hemisphere. The Willis Tower soars above downtown Chicago, standing tall at 110 stories (1,450 feet). The building, known for its black and bronze facade, is composed of nine separate “tubes” that strengthen the structur...
In Hyde Park, the Robie Houseis a hidden gem that’s one of the finest existing examples of Frank Lloyd Wright’s signature Prairie style. Considered a masterpiece of modern architecture, the home is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built in 1910, the Robie House underwent a comprehensive restoration to reveal Wright’s original vision. Take a ...
Covering two city blocks and rising 25 stories above the Chicago River, theMART(originally called The Merchandise Mart) was the largest building in the world when it was completed in 1930. With more than four million square feet of floor space, the commercial building is so large that it previously had its own dedicated ZIP code. Today, TheMART is ...
If the Marina Citytowers look familiar, it may be because they’ve been featured prominently in pop culture, from movies to TV shows to album covers, since the one-of-a-kind design first debuted in 1963. Located along the main branch of the Chicago River, this designated Chicago Landmark’s distinctive design features two cylindrical towers that bear...
One of the world’s most recognized skyscrapers and an iconic example of late-20th century Chicago architecture, 875 N. Michigan Ave. was born from groundbreaking engineering that helped to make buildings taller than 100 stories a new possibility. Breaking from the traditional rectangle shape of most skyscrapers, the structure’s signature X-shaped b...
One Illinois Centeris one of Mies van der Rohe’s final designs, rising above a former rail yard and the site of Fort Dearborn. It is notable as an example of the International Style, marked by an emphasis on volume, with the use of planes of glass versus brick or stone, and a focus on the elegance of materials and technical perfection over applied ...
- Art Institute of Chicago. It’s been voted one of the top museums in the world by TripAdvisor users, it’s one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country, and it’s home to one of the biggest collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art outside the Louvre in Paris.
- Adler Planetarium. Explore the origins of the universe, peer through ancient telescopes, and view the stars at this lakefront planetarium and museum, part of Chicago’s Museum Campus alongside the Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium.
- Richard H. Driehaus Museum. As soon as you step through the door, you’re going to be wowed by Driehaus Museum’s glistening marble floors, grand staircases, ornate decorative arts, imposing fireplaces, and antique furnishings.
- Field Museum. Snap a selfie with the largest creature to ever roam the Earth at the Field Museum, where Máximo the Titanosaur greets you as soon as you walk through the doors.
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The Crain Communications Building is a 39-story, 582 foot (177 m) skyscraper located at 150 North Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois. [1] It was also known as the Smurfit–Stone Building and the Stone Container Building.
