The story
You're at State and Madison, the corner Chicagoans spent a century calling Carson's.
The rest unlocks with the walk
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The Architect Who Kept One Client
Carson, Pirie, Scott Building, Chicago
3 min story8-stop walk
Part of Chicago Loop Architecture Walking Tour
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1Chicago Board of Trade Building
The Tower That Mud Next Door ToppledPhoto: southie3, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2The Rookery
Crows, Politicians, and a Cautious SkyscraperPhoto: Marlene Calderon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3Monadnock Building
The Building a Stingy Man Made BeautifulPhoto: David K. Staub, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
4Marquette Building
The Cornice That Came BackPhoto: Jaysin Trevino from Evanston, IL, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5Reliance Building
The Building That Grew Downward FirstPhoto: Mx. Granger (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
6You're hereCarson, Pirie, Scott Building
The Architect Who Kept One ClientPhoto: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7Chicago Cultural Center
Three-Foot Walls in a City of GlassPhoto: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8DuSable 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.