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  2. One Prudential Plaza - Wikipedia

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    One Prudential Plaza (formerly known as the Prudential Building) is a 41-story structure in Chicago completed in 1955 as the headquarters for Prudential's Mid-America company. It was the first skyscraper built in Chicago since the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Second World War.

  3. List of tallest buildings in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago has the second-tallest skyline in the United States after New York City, and leads the nation in the twenty tallest women-designed towers in the world, thanks to contributions by Jeanne Gang and Natalie de Blois. As of December 2019, Chicago had 125 buildings at least 500 feet (152 m) tall. [5]

  4. Richard J. Daley Center - Wikipedia

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    Daley Plaza is the courtyard adjacent to the building, occupying the southern half of the block occupied by the building. The plaza is dominated by an untitled Cor-ten steel 50-foot (15 m) sculpture by Pablo Picasso (usually called "The Picasso"). Completed in 1967, it was a gift to the City of Chicago from the artist.

  5. Kluczynski Federal Building - Wikipedia

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    It is 562 feet (171 m) tall and with the Mies designed post office and plaza stands on the site previously occupied by the Chicago Federal Building by the architect Henry Ives Cobb. It was named in honor of U.S. Congressman John C. Kluczynski, who represented Illinois's 5th congressional district from 1951 to 1975 after his death that year. [1]

  6. Franklin Center (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    The Franklin Center is a 60-story supertall skyscraper in the Loop neighborhood of downtown Chicago.Completed in 1989 as the AT&T Corporate Center to consolidate the central region headquarters of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T), [2] it stands at a height of 1,007 ft (307 m) and contains 1.7 million sq ft (160,000 m 2) of floor space. [3]

  7. 333 South Wabash - Wikipedia

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    333 South Wabash (formerly CNA Center, nicknamed "Big Red") now the "Northern Trust Tower" [2] is a 600-ft (183 m), 44-story skyscraper located at 333 South Wabash Avenue in the central business district of Chicago, Illinois.

  8. James R. Thompson Center - Wikipedia

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    The James R. Thompson Center (JRTC), under reconstruction as Google Center or Googleplex Chicago and originally the State of Illinois Center, is a postmodern-style building designed by architect Helmut Jahn, located at 100 W. Randolph Street in the Loop district of Chicago.

  9. John Hancock Center - Wikipedia

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    The elliptical-shaped plaza outside the building serves as a public oasis with seasonal plantings and a 12-foot (3.7 m) waterfall. A band of white lights at the top of the building is visible all over Chicago at night, and changes colors for different events. For example, at Christmas time the colors are green and red.