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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]
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.
Grant Park map. Grant Park is a large urban park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.Located within the city's central business district, the 319-acre (1.29 km 2) park's features include Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum Campus.
The Garage Interior of "The Garage" 2015 2311 N Campus Drive A cross-disciplinary site within a parking garage for students to develop start-up companies. [27] Pancoe-NSUHS Life Sciences Pavilion 2003 2200 Campus Drive A 88,000 sq ft (8,200 m 2) research building that includes research laboratories, faculty offices, a vivarium, auditorium and cafe.
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.
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Bird migration is on the rise, and so are window collisions. As temperatures slowly drop in Chicago, 300 million to 400 million birds are crossing the continent heading south to their nesting ...
The observatory (360 Chicago), [11] which competes with the Willis Tower's Skydeck, has a 360° view of the city, up to four states, and a distance of over 80 miles (130 km). 360 Chicago is home to TILT, a moving platform that leans visitors over the edge of the skyscraper to a 30-degree angle, [12] a full bar with local selections, [13 ...