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1909 Plan of Chicago
Milestone
1933-1934 Century of Progress Exposition
Style
19th-Century Commercial
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111 South Wacker
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150 North Riverside
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154 W. Superior
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190 South LaSalle
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330 North Wabash / AMA Plaza (IBM Plaza)
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333 West Wacker
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860–880 North Lake Shore Drive
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875 N. Michigan Ave
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Access Living Headquarters
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Aon Center
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Apple Michigan Avenue
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Aqua
Building
Art Institute of Chicago
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Auditorium Building
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Bahá’í House of Worship
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Carbide and Carbon Building
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Charnley-Persky House
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Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
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Chicago Board of Trade Building
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Chicago Cultural Center
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Chicago Park District Headquarters
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Chicago Riverwalk
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Chicago Theatre
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Chicago Water Tower
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Chicago bungalow
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Clarke House
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Congress Hotel
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Crown Hall
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Elks National Memorial
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Emil Bach House
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Federal Center
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Fine Arts Building
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Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio
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Gary Comer Youth Center
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Glessner House
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Graceland Cemetery
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Harold Washington Library
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Holy Name Cathedral
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Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral
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Home Insurance Building
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Humboldt Park
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Inland Steel
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Jackson Park
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John Johnson Publishing Company
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Jones College Prep
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Lincoln Park
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London Guarantee Building
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Maggie Daley Park
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Manhattan Building
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Mansueto Library
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Marina City
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Marquette Building
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McCormick Tribune Campus Center
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Merchandise Mart
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Michigan Avenue Bridge (DuSable Bridge)
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Millennium Park
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Monadnock Building
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Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
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Navy Pier
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New Regal Theater
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Nicholas J. Melas Centennial Fountain
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Northerly Island
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Old Chicago Main Post Office
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111 East Wacker
Building
Palmisano Park
Building
Pizzeria Uno and Pizzeria Due
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Poetry Foundation
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Pritzker Pavilion
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Railway Exchange Building
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Reliance Building
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Richard J. Daley Center
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Robie House
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Soldier Field
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Spertus Institute
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St. Mary of the Angels
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Sullivan Center
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The 606
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The Chicago L
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The Rookery
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The Salt Shed
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The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare
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Thompson Center
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Tribune Tower
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Trump Tower
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Two- and Three-flats
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Union Station
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Unity Temple
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University of Chicago’s Keller Center
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Uptown Theatre
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Willis Tower
Building
Wrigley Building
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Edith Farnsworth House
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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