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Bruce Graham, the architect of Chicago’s twin skyline icons — the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower and the John Hancock Center — died Saturday at his home in Florida, family members said rtoday.
Google Doodle Honors Sears Tower, Hancock Engineer Monday's Google Doodle celebrated the work and life of Chicago engineer Fazlur R. Khan Published April 3, 2017 • Updated on April 3, 2017 at 1: ...
Real estate magnate Joseph Chetrit, developer Joseph Moinian and Skokie-based American Landmark Properties bought the tower ...
In terms of architecture and engineering, the John Hancock Center is one of the most significant buildings—in size and in influence—in the Chicago skyline. Like Jordan and Pippen, Jake and ...
Sears Tower became the tallest building in Chicago, surpassing the John Hancock Center seen in the background, when construction continued on Nov. 6, 1972. Sears Tower under construction on April ...
The views at places like the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center were glorious, and the experience was equally frightening and exhilarating. Then, Mankind got bored. It wasn't enough to look out ...
Flickr/Michael Kappel Chicago’s history is reflected in its architecture. Each building has a tale to tell and in some cases, ...
Maybe the Hancock's elegance is a cut above the Sears Tower - a building so beautiful it is beyond name-changing, even if it's named after an insurance company.
The John Hancock Center, one of Chicago's most famous skyscrapers, must change its name. ... once the world's tallest building, would no longer be named the Sears Tower.
France-based Magnicity’s 360 Chicago is expanding its observation deck to include the 95th and 96th floors of 875 North Michigan Avenue, formerly known as the John Hancock Center, Crain’s ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two of Chicago's most iconic skyscrapers may be getting new names. The Sun-Times reports the naming rights for the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center are up for grabs. The ...
Dave Greising makes some solid points in his column Friday, about the renaming of the Sears Tower.True enough, the Sears Tower was never iconic in quite the same way the John Hancock is — at ...