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Above left: Chicago seen on a rainy, foggy, evening from the Sears observatory.
Above middle: a view of the John Hancock Center, Water Tower Place, Olympia Center, Park Tower,
and other surrounding skyscrapers from Sears Tower.
Above right: skyline view from the Field Museum of National History.


Above: Three First National Plaza (234m/767f, 57 stories, 1981); Chicago's 11th tallest.


Above: Chicago's Title & Trust Building (230m/756f, 50 stories, 1992); Chicago's 12th tallest.


Above left and middle: three pictures of Chicago's 13th tallest: Olympia Center (221m/725f, 63 stories, 1986).
Above right: IBM Building (212m/695f, 52 stories, 1973); Chicago's 14th tallest.


Above left and middle: 111 South Wacker (208m/681f, 51 stories, 2005).
Chicago's 15th tallest and the tallest addition to its skyline since 2000.
Above right: 181 West Madison (207m/680f, 50 stories, 1990); Chicago's 16th tallest.


Above: Hyatt Center (207m/679f, 48 stories, 2005),
another very recent addition to the skyline of Chicago; it's currently the city's 17th tallest.


Above: One Magnificent Mile (205m/673f, 57 stories, 1983); Chicago's 18th tallest.


Above: R.R. Donnelley Building (204m/668f, 49 stories, 1992); Chicago's 19th tallest.


Above: and #20: UBS Tower (199m/651f, 50 stories, 2001).


Above left and middle: 55 East Erie (197m/647f, 56 stories, 2004).
The building is the second tallest all-residential tower in the United States,
after Trump World Tower in New York City.
Above right: this was Chicago's tallest all-residential tower for many years,
before it was surpassed by 55 East Erie, by a mere two feet:
Lake Point Tower (197m/645f, 70 stories, 1968).
It was also the tallest all-residential tower in the world from 1968-1993,
until Hong Kong's Tregunter 3 was completed.
While only being the 23rd tallest building in Chicago,
floor-wise Lake Point Tower ranks as Chicago's #5.
With 70 stories it's also the shortest building in the world with 70+ floors.


Above: River East Center (196m/644f, 58 stories, 2001); Another all-residential skyscraper.
The base of the building occupies the largest cinema complex of downtown Chicago, with 21 screens.


Above: Grand Plaza Apartments (195m/641f, 57 stories, 2003).
The height is with the spires on top; without the height would be 171m/561f.
The tower is part of the Grand Plaza complex,
which also consists of a smaller tower similar in design.


Above left: view over Chicago River, with from left to right:
35 East Wacker Drive (159m/523f, 40 stories, 1927), Unitrin Building (159m/522f, 41 stories, 1962),
Leo Burnett Building (194m/635f, 46 stories, 1989), and R.R. Donnelley Center (204m/668f, 49 stories, 1992).
Above right: skyline view from the southwest.


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Chicago's 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. SEARS TOWER 442m/1450f, 108 stories, 1974
2. AON CENTER 346m/1136f, 83 stories, 1973
3. JOHN HANCOCK CENTER 344m/1127f, 100 stories, 1969
4. AT&T CORPORATE CENTER 307m/1007f, 60 stories, 1989
5. TWO PRUDENTIAL PLAZA 303m/995f, 64 stories, 1990
6. 311 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE 293m/961f, 65 stories, 1990
7. 900 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE 265m/871f, 66 stories, 1989
8. WATER TOWER PLACE 262m/859f, 74 stories, 1976
9. CHASE TOWER 259m/850f, 60 stories, 1969
10. PARK TOWER 257m/840f, 67 stories, 2000

The building data, the top 10 of tallest buildings and some of the building information are courtesy of
SKYSCRAPERS.COM, one of the world's leading architectural resources on tall buildings.

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