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The William M. Staerkel Planetarium is a planetarium at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois. [2] It is the second largest planetarium in the state, the largest being the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, and has the first Carl Zeiss M1015 opto-mechanical star projector installed in the western hemisphere. [3]
The Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle was a proposed 125-floor skyscraper intended for Chicago, Illinois, United States, by Lee Miglin and J. Paul Beitler's firm Miglin-Beitler Developments and designed by architect César Pelli. The site of the proposed Skyneedle now is host to a parking garage. If it had been built when it was planned, the 1,999 ft ...
In 1922, a Libbey-Owens sheet glass plant opened in Shreveport, Louisiana, becoming both the city's largest manufacturer and employer. This plant converted operations between 1972 and 1974 to Libbey Glass table-glassware manufacturing, which it continues today. In 1928, Libbey-Owens was the first company to produce automotive laminated safety ...
Sky Trek Tower is a 285-foot (87 m) [note 1] gyro tower located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, United States. Manufactured by Intamin , the attraction is the tallest free-standing structure in Lake County, Illinois .
530.5 feet (161.7 m) Park Place Tower in Lakeview is the tallest building in Illinois outside of downtown Chicago. 513 feet (156 m) Park Tower in Edgewater is the second-tallest building in Illinois outside of downtown Chicago. 418 feet (127 m) Oakbrook Terrace Tower in Oakbrook Terrace is the tallest building in Illinois outside of Chicago.
Fang Island released a song called "The Illinois" on their 2010 self-titled album that was inspired by the design. [4]In 2014, Chicago-based Goose Island Brewery began bottling an IPA named The Illinois in honor of Wright's design, with label art featuring a hop cone design rendered to appear as if it were one of the architect's trademark stained glass windows.
The Aon Center (200 East Randolph Street, formerly Amoco Building) [3] is a modern supertall skyscraper located in the Northeast corner of the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by architect firms Edward Durell Stone and The Perkins and Will partnership, and completed in 1973 [4] as the Standard Oil Building (nicknamed "Big Stan"). [5]
Marsco Manufacturing (later Engineered Glass Products) was founded in 1947 as a manufacturer of specialized glass products, most importantly customized dials and gauges. [1] With the arrival of television , Marsco became one of the first manufacturers to produce protective gray glass shields for television tubes.