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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.
The James R. Thompson Center (JRTC) is located at 100 W. Randolph Street in the Loop, Chicago, Illinois and houses offices of the State of Illinois. The building opened in May 1985 as the State of Illinois Center. It was renamed in 1993 to honor former Illinois Governor James R. Thompson.
Being the inventor of the skyscraper, Chicago went through a very early high-rise construction boom that lasted from the early 1920s to the late 1930s, during which nine of the city's 100 tallest buildings were constructed. [5] The city then went through an even larger building boom that has lasted from the early 1960s.
The Chicago Pedway is a network of tunnels, ... (100 West Randolph Street) Washington CTA Blue Line station; See also. Tour the Chicago Pedway; Underground city;
Avec is a restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The restaurant serves Mediterranean cuisine . [ 3 ] Bon Appétit has described Avec as an "elbow-to-elbow–packed shoebox of a space whose cedar-wrapped walls evoke a Zen sauna".
Randolph Street is a street in Chicago running east–west through the Loop, carrying westbound traffic west from Michigan Avenue across the Chicago River on the Randolph Street Bridge, interchanging with the Kennedy Expressway (I-90/I-94), and continuing west.
Originally known as the Chicago Civic Center, the building was renamed for Mayor Daley on December 27, 1976, seven days after his death in office. [6] The 648-foot (198 m), thirty-one story building features Cor-Ten , a self-weathering steel.
Randolph Tower, formerly known as the Steuben Club Building, is a historic Gothic Revival skyscraper in Downtown Chicago. The building was constructed in 1929 and designed by architect Karl M. Vitzthum , who designed another Chicago landmark, the historic One North LaSalle Building .