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GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY, GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL
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Lily,
I found out what the building we saw from the Sears Tower was. Since none of the people from Chicago had any idea I made it my mission to find it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Board_of_Trade
http://www.cbot.com/cbot/building/home/
Board of Trade building
Since 1930, the Chicago Board of Trade has been operating out of 141 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. It is housed in a building designed by architects Holabird & Root that is 605 feet (184 m) tall, the tallest in Chicago until the Richard J. Daley Center superseded it in 1965. This Art Deco building incorporates sculptural work by Alvin Meyer and is capped by a 31 foot (9.5 m) tall statue of the goddess Ceres in reference to the exchange's heritage as a commodity market. Ceres is faceless because its sculptor, John Storrs, believed that the forty-five story building would be sufficiently taller than any other nearby structure and as a result that no one would be able to see the sculpture's face anyway.
On 4 May 1977, the Chicago Board of Trade Building was designated a Chicago Landmark[2]. The building is now a National Historic Landmark. Today the Board of Trade Building is closely joined by numerous skyscrapers in the heart of Chicago's busy Loop commercial neighborhood.
I can now sleep at night!
John
I found out what the building we saw from the Sears Tower was. Since none of the people from Chicago had any idea I made it my mission to find it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Board_of_Trade
http://www.cbot.com/cbot/building/home/
Board of Trade building
Since 1930, the Chicago Board of Trade has been operating out of 141 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. It is housed in a building designed by architects Holabird & Root that is 605 feet (184 m) tall, the tallest in Chicago until the Richard J. Daley Center superseded it in 1965. This Art Deco building incorporates sculptural work by Alvin Meyer and is capped by a 31 foot (9.5 m) tall statue of the goddess Ceres in reference to the exchange's heritage as a commodity market. Ceres is faceless because its sculptor, John Storrs, believed that the forty-five story building would be sufficiently taller than any other nearby structure and as a result that no one would be able to see the sculpture's face anyway.
On 4 May 1977, the Chicago Board of Trade Building was designated a Chicago Landmark[2]. The building is now a National Historic Landmark. Today the Board of Trade Building is closely joined by numerous skyscrapers in the heart of Chicago's busy Loop commercial neighborhood.
I can now sleep at night!
John
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