Chicago - Look towards the sky

Hardly a block can be walked downtown Chicago without spying an architectural gem.


Left middle: Three First National Plaza - 57 floors, Height: 767 feet / 234 meters, built 1981
This building, located in the center of Chicago's business and financial community, reflects the style of the Chicago School of architecture. It was intentionally built shorter than the JPMorgan Chase Tower accross the street to preserve the views from the boardrooms at the top of that building. The 1.4 million-square-foot faceted tower is clad in Carnelian granite and tinted glass, making a significant impact upon Chicago's skyline. This sawtoothed tower rises from a nine storey glass atrium which also incorporates an eleven storey tower on the east end of the plaza. A skywalk connects this structure over Madison avenue to the Chase Tower.

Right: Chase Tower (aka First National Bank Building), Height 850.01 ft, 60 Floors above ground, built from 1966 to 1969, is one of the city's famous buildings. It replaced six older skyscrapers. The old First National Bank Building remained standing until Chase Bank moved into this building, then was torn down to build the plaza.
The building sweeps from a 200-foot wide base to 95 feet at the top. Despite its almost brutalist exterior, the tower exudes a sleek elegance.
U.S. President Barack Obama met his wife Michelle in this building in 1989 when both worked for the law firm Sidley & Austin.

© CT-Graphics - Christine Till

Order your "Chicago - Look towards the sky" Print at       Fine Art America
or Download the royalty-free digital photo 'Chicago - Look towards the sky' directly from: CT-Graphics.com
Royalty Free Photographs for Print and Web - Image Customization - Old or Damaged or Polaroid Photo Restoration - Conversion of Slides and Paper Pictures to Digital (CD/DVD) - Picture Postcards - Calendars - Greeting Cards

Photography lovers who liked this also liked:

3 art
3 canvas prints
3 framed prints
3 acrylic prints
3 metal prints
3 prints
3 posters
3 greeting cards
3 photos

chase art
chase canvas prints
chase framed prints
chase acrylic prints
chase metal prints
chase prints
chase posters
chase greeting cards
chase photos

block art
block canvas prints
block framed prints
block acrylic prints
block prints
block posters
block greeting cards
block photos