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  2. John Hancock Center - Wikipedia

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    John Hancock Center. / 41.8988; -87.6230. The John Hancock Center is a 100- story, 1,128-foot [ 7] supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois. Located in the Magnificent Mile district, the building was officially renamed 875 North Michigan Avenue in 2018. The skyscraper was designed by Peruvian-American chief designer Bruce Graham and ...

  3. Municipal Code of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The Municipal Code of Chicago is the codification of local ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Chicago. [ 1] The Code contains original and new ordinances, adopted by the Chicago City Council, organized into eighteen titles of varying subject matter. [ 2] The first Code of Chicago was adopted in 1837. [ 3]

  4. Chicago Board of Trade Building - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Board of Trade Building is a 44-story, 604-foot (184 m) Art Deco skyscraper located in the Chicago Loop, standing at the foot of the LaSalle Street canyon. Built in 1930 for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), it has served as the primary trading venue of the CBOT and later the CME Group, formed in 2007 by the merger of the CBOT and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

  5. Architecture of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Building is an example of Chicago School architecture. Beginning in the early 1880s, architectural pioneers of the Chicago School explored steel-frame construction and, in the 1890s, the use of large areas of plate glass. These were among the first modern skyscrapers.

  6. Great Fires of 1871 - Wikipedia

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    The fire eventually stopped after burning itself out, which was helped by rain that had started on the night of October 9. The fire killed around 300 people, burned 2,112 acres, and cost $222 million. The fire would spur Chicago and many other cities to enact new building codes to help prevent fires from breaking out and spreading as far. [15]

  7. Chicago Building - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Building or Chicago Savings Bank Building is an early skyscraper, built in 1904–1905. It is located at 7 West Madison Street in Chicago. Designed by the architecture firm Holabird & Roche, it is an early and highly visible example of the Chicago school of architecture . The building's features characterize this style through the ...

  8. Building code - Wikipedia

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    A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures. Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permission, usually from a local council. The main purpose of building codes is to protect public health ...

  9. One Chicago (building) - Wikipedia

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    One Chicago. One Chicago renderings. /  41.896167°N 87.628778°W  / 41.896167; -87.628778. One Chicago (formerly One Chicago Square) is a skyscraper in the River North neighborhood of Chicago . It reaches 971ft and is among the tallest buildings in Chicago .