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Photo: Marlene Calderon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Stop 2 of 8 · Chicago Loop Architecture Walking Tour

Crows, Politicians, and a Cautious Skyscraper

The Rookery, Chicago

3 min story8-stop walk

The story

You're on South LaSalle Street, a short walk up from the Board of Trade, standing in front of a reddish-brown building twelve stories tall.

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Chicago · 8 stops · 1 h 19 min · 2.2 mi

1
Chicago Board of Trade Building
The Tower That Mud Next Door ToppledPhoto: southie3, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2You're here
The Rookery
Crows, Politicians, and a Cautious SkyscraperPhoto: Marlene Calderon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3
Monadnock Building
The Building a Stingy Man Made BeautifulPhoto: David K. Staub, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
4
Marquette Building
The Cornice That Came BackPhoto: Jaysin Trevino from Evanston, IL, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5
Reliance Building
The Building That Grew Downward FirstPhoto: Mx. Granger (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
6
Carson, Pirie, Scott Building
The Architect Who Kept One ClientPhoto: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7
Chicago Cultural Center
Three-Foot Walls in a City of GlassPhoto: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8
DuSable Bridge
The Bridge That Moved Downtown NorthPhoto: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.