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2179:860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments
2146:Marshall Field and Company Building
1963:Marshall Field and Company Building
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992:Henning, Joel (September 6, 2008).
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907:Commission on Chicago Landmarks
667:U.S. Department of the Interior
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3246:Tourist attractions in Chicago
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2401:Auditorium Building, Chicago
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3148:Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
3101:San Diego Convention Center
1622:Kluczynski Federal Building
1191:Auditorium Theatre Programs
411:renowned architectural firm
99:Show map of Central Chicago
72:Building's exterior in 2012
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2209:Roanoke Building and Tower
2093:National Historic Landmark
1943:Hilliard Towers Apartments
1846:Three First National Plaza
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960:The Idea of Louis Sullivan
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1219:, by Mary Ann Sullivan,
958:Sarkowski, John (1956).
692:National Football League
674:central air conditioning
469:Marshall Field Warehouse
388:Metropolitan Opera House
236:Architectural style
2689:Louis Sullivan Bungalow
2474:Bayard–Condict Building
2418:Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb
2310:Richard J. Daley Center
2295:The Palmer House Hilton
1903:300 West Adams Building
1861:Waldorf Astoria Chicago
1816:Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
1791:Richard J. Daley Center
1632:LaSalle–Wacker Building
1606:Home Insurance Building
1555:Coast at Lakeshore East
1538:Chicago Temple Building
1004:Dow Jones & Company
999:The Wall Street Journal
829:. National Park Service
690:On April 30, 2015, the
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3124:Madison Square Garden
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1948:Inland Steel Building
1908:The Arc at Old Colony
1876:Wolf Point East Tower
1856:Virgin Hotels Chicago
1478:1700 East 56th Street
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2892:Front Street Theater
2732:Adler & Sullivan
2630:Peoples Savings Bank
2542:Gage Group Buildings
2204:The Blackstone Hotel
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1933:Gage Group Buildings
1761:Peoples Gas Building
1731:One Prudential Plaza
1711:One Magnificent Mile
1642:Leo Burnett Building
1590:Grant Thornton Tower
1498:The Blackstone Hotel
1336:Two Prudential Plaza
623:Roosevelt University
592:Roosevelt University
369:Roosevelt University
162:430 S. Michigan Ave.
124:Show map of Illinois
3266:Chicago Civic Opera
3142:Quicken Loans Arena
3089:Louisiana Superdome
2426:Wainwright Building
2393:Martin Ryerson Tomb
2305:Pittsfield Building
2300:Powhatan Apartments
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1913:Auditorium Building
1781:Presidential Towers
1776:Powhatan Apartments
1766:Pittsfield Building
1294:Chicago skyscrapers
1221:Bluffton University
1206:Auditorium Building
1186:Broadway in Chicago
1176:Auditorium Building
342:Chicago Civic Opera
307:Auditorium Building
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2928:Auditorium Theatre
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2598:McVicker's Theater
2590:Krause Music Store
2409:Auditorium Theatre
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2151:Monadnock Building
2141:Marquette Building
2136:Manhattan Building
1968:Monadnock Building
1958:Marquette Building
1953:Manhattan Building
1746:Palmolive Building
1741:Palmer House Hotel
1674:Metropolitan Tower
1560:Consumers Building
1468:900 North Michigan
1416:333 North Michigan
1391:151 North Franklin
1350:Selected buildings
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883:on October 9, 2012
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1983:Reliance Building
1938:Heyworth Building
1896:12 or more floors
1871:Water Tower Place
1796:River East Center
1721:One North LaSalle
1575:Essex on the Park
1550:Civic Opera House
1513:Builders Building
1493:Bilandic Building
1473:900 West Randolph
1437:400 East Randolph
1326:St. Regis Chicago
1302:Tallest buildings
611:Civic Opera House
578:Benjamin Harrison
399:Martin A. Ryerson
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