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1909 Plan of Chicago
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1933-1934 Century of Progress Exposition
Style
19th-Century Commercial
Buildings of Chicago
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University of Chicago’s Keller Center
Neighborhood:
Hyde Park
Style:
Modernism, Contemporary
Architect:
Farr Associates, APMonarch
Nicholas J. Melas Centennial Fountain
Neighborhood:
Streeterville
Architect:
Lohan and Associates
St. Regis
Neighborhood:
River North
Style:
Contemporary
Architect:
Studio Gang
Art Institute of Chicago
Neighborhood:
Loop
Style:
Beaux Arts
Architect:
Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Auditorium Building
Neighborhood:
Loop
Architect:
Adler & Sullivan
Bahá’í House of Worship
Neighborhood:
Wilmette
Architect:
George A. Fuller, Louis Bourgeois
Charnley-Persky House
Neighborhood:
Near North Side
Architect:
Adler & Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright
Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
Neighborhood:
Loop
Style:
Venetian Gothic
Architect:
Henry Ives Cobb
