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Sears Tower - Chicago

This post is sponsored by Chase – a strong supporter of the Global Cities Initiative, a program that helps foster local economic development. Learn more here. I’ve lived in the Chicago area my entire life, and Oak Park is just fifteen minutes West of downtown by car or train (the ‘L’). I know the city pretty well, but sometimes it’s nice to see it from a different perspective. Like a scary open body of water perspective. In all fairness, it’s only scary because I can’t swim and I’m afraid of…

G.F.A.: 4.5 million ft2 Location: Chicago, U.S.A. Height: 1,454 feet (443.0 meters) Stories: 110 stories Original owners: Sears Roebuck and Company. Architect: Bruce Graham, design partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Engineer: Fazlur Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Constructed: 1970-1974 Status: Extant Sears Tower In the late 1960s, Sears Roebuck…

Chicago Water Tower, one of the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Completed in 1869, the limestone structure with its ornate castellated Gothic Revival style is one of the most iconic buildings along Chicago’s famed “Magnificent Mile” of Michigan Avenue, and it is the namesake of neighbouring Water Tower Place, a 74-story skyscraper and shopping mall. By the 1860s Chicago’s water supply was inadequate for its growing population. Engineer Ellis S. Chesbrough considered…

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ESPAÑOL Cliente: Sears Roebuck & Co Arquitecto: Bruce Graham, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, SOM Ingeniero Estructural: Fazlur...

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