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Chicago Board of Trade Building

Index Chicago Board of Trade Building

The Chicago Board of Trade Building is a skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois. [1]

179 relations: Abraham Lincoln, Agriculture in the United States, Al Gore, Albert Parsons, Amphitheatre, Amtrak, Andreas Gursky, Architecture of Chicago, Art Deco, Art Institute of Chicago, Arthur W. Cutten, Atrium (architecture), Australian Securities Exchange, Babylonia, Baluster, Batman Begins, Blue Line (CTA), Bow (ship), Brooklyn Bridge, Brown Line (CTA), Building restoration, Caisson (engineering), Ceres (mythology), Ceres Cafe, Chamber of commerce, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chicago, Chicago "L", Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago City Hall, Chicago Loop, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Reader, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Union Station, Chicago Water Tower, Cladding (construction), Clark Street (Chicago), CME Group, Commodity, Commonwealth Edison, Cornucopia, Daily Planet, Don Cornelius, Economy of the United States, Electrical substation, Electronic trading, ..., Eurex Exchange, Facade, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, First Business, First United Methodist Church of Chicago, Flag of the United States, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Norris, Futures exchange, General contractor, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Government of Chicago, Granite, Great Chicago Fire, Great Depression, Great hall, Green roof, Groundbreaking, Guinness World Records, Helmut Jahn, High-rise building, Historic preservation, Holabird & Root, Hook 'em Horns, Illinois, Indiana Limestone, Interior design, International Working People's Association, Jack Carter (politician), Jackson station (CTA Blue Line), Jewelers Building (1882), Jimmy Carter, John A. Roebling, John Storrs, John W. Norton, Lake Michigan, LaSalle station (CTA), LaSalle Street, LaSalle Street Station, LaSalle Towers Apartments, LaSalle-Wacker Building, LaSalle/Van Buren station, Lasso, Light fixture, List of Chicago Landmarks, List of tallest buildings in Chicago, Lithography, Lucy Parsons, Man of Steel (film), Masonic Temple (Chicago), Metra, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mikhail Gorbachev, Morse code, Museum Campus, National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, Near North Side, Chicago, Neoclassical architecture, New York Central Railroad, News broadcasting, Occupy Chicago, One North LaSalle, Open outcry, Option (finance), Orange Line (CTA), Otis Elevator Company, Palmolive Building, Pink Line (CTA), Postmodern architecture, Prairie School, Purple Line (CTA), Quaker Oats Company, Quincy station (CTA), Rand McNally, Reliance Building, Richard Dennis, Richard Haas, Richard J. Daley Center, Richard M. Daley, Road to Perdition, Rookery, Rookery Building, Rosalynn Carter, Sapric, September 11 attacks, Setback (architecture), Soul Train, Soviet Union, Speculation, Spring Grove, Illinois, Steel frame, Still life, Stone carving, Streamliner, Structural system, The Dark Knight (film), The Epic of the Wheat, The Pit (Norris novel), The Untouchables (film), Thomas Struth, Time (magazine), Trader (finance), Trading room, Train station, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Tribune Tower, Trilogy, Trompe-l'œil, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. Futures Exchange, United States Senate, Vinalhaven, Maine, Vitreous enamel, Wayne Enterprises, WBEZ, WCIU-TV, Wigwam (Chicago), Will Rogers, William W. Boyington, Willis Tower, World's Columbian Exposition, Wrigley Building, WVON, 1996 Democratic National Convention. Expand index (129 more) »

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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Agriculture in the United States

Agriculture is a major industry in the United States, which is a net exporter of food.

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Al Gore

Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Albert Parsons

Albert Richard Parsons (1848–1887) was a pioneer American socialist and later anarchist newspaper editor, orator, and labor activist.

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Amphitheatre

An amphitheatre or amphitheater is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.

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Andreas Gursky

Andreas Gursky (born 15 January 1955) is a German photographer and professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Architecture of Chicago

The buildings and architecture of Chicago have influenced and reflected the history of American architecture.

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Art Deco

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners.

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Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 and located in Chicago's Grant Park, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States.

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Arthur W. Cutten

Arthur William Cutten (July 6, 1870 – June 24, 1936) was a Canadian-born businessman who gained great wealth and prominence as a commodity speculator in the United States.

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Atrium (architecture)

In architecture, an atrium (plural: atria or atriums) is a large open air or skylight covered space surrounded by a building.

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Australian Securities Exchange

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX, sometimes referred to outside Australia as the Sydney Stock Exchange) is Australia's primary securities exchange.

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Babylonia

Babylonia was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq).

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Baluster

A baluster—also called spindle or stair stick—is a moulded shaft, square or of lathe-turned form, cut from a rectangular or square plank, one of various forms of spindle in woodwork, made of stone or wood and sometimes of metal, standing on a unifying footing, and supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase.

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Batman Begins

Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer.

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Blue Line (CTA)

The Blue Line, also known as the O'Hare-Congress Line and the West-Northwest Line, is a long Chicago "L" line which extends through the Loop from O'Hare International Airport at the far northwest end of the city, through downtown via the Milwaukee-Dearborn Subway and across the West Side to its southwest end at Forest Park, with a total of 33 stations.

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Bow (ship)

The bow is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway.

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Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest roadway bridges in the United States.

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Brown Line (CTA)

The Brown Line (or the Ravenswood Line) of the Chicago "L" system, is an route with 27 stations between Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood and downtown Chicago.

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Building restoration

Building restoration describes a particular treatment approach and philosophy within the field of architectural conservation.

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Caisson (engineering)

In geotechnical engineering, a caisson is a watertight retaining structure used, for example, to work on the foundations of a bridge pier, for the construction of a concrete dam, or for the repair of ships.

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Ceres (mythology)

In ancient Roman religion, Ceres (Cerēs) was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships.

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Ceres Cafe

Ceres Cafe is a diner in the lobby of the Chicago Board of Trade Building.

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Chamber of commerce

A chamber of commerce (or board of trade) is a form of business network, for example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses.

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Charles, Prince of Wales

Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago "L"

The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Chicago Architecture Foundation

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) is a nonprofit cultural organization based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, whose mission is to inspire people to discover why design matters.

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Chicago Board of Trade

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), established on April 3, 1848, is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

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Chicago Board Options Exchange

The Chicago Board Options Exchange, located at 400 South LaSalle Street in Chicago, is the largest U.S. options exchange with annual trading volume that hovered around 1.27 billion contracts at the end of 2014.

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Chicago City Hall

Chicago City Hall is the official seat of government of the City of Chicago in Illinois, United States.

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Chicago Loop

The Loop is the central business district or downtown area of Chicago, Illinois.

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Chicago Mercantile Exchange

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) (often called "the Chicago Merc", or "the Merc") is an American financial and commodity derivative exchange based in Chicago and located at 20 S. Wacker Drive.

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Chicago Reader

The Chicago Reader, or Reader (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative weekly newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Chicago Union Station

Chicago Union Station is a major railroad station that opened in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, replacing an earlier station built in 1881.

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Chicago Water Tower

The Chicago Water Tower is a contributing property and landmark in the Old Chicago Water Tower District.

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Cladding (construction)

Cladding is the application of one material over another to provide a skin or layer.

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Clark Street (Chicago)

Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois that runs close to the shore of Lake Michigan from the northern city boundary with Evanston, to 2200 South in the city street numbering system.

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CME Group

CME Group Inc. (Chicago Mercantile Exchange & Chicago Board of Trade) is an American financial market company operating an options and futures exchange.

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Commodity

In economics, a commodity is an economic good or service that has full or substantial fungibility: that is, the market treats instances of the good as equivalent or nearly so with no regard to who produced them.

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Commonwealth Edison

Commonwealth Edison, commonly known as ComEd, is the largest electric utility in Illinois, holding monopoly in Chicago and Northern Illinois area.

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Cornucopia

In classical antiquity, the cornucopia (from Latin cornu copiae), also called the horn of plenty, was a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers or nuts.

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Daily Planet

The Daily Planet is a fictional broadsheet newspaper appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Superman.

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Don Cornelius

Donald Cortez "Don" Cornelius (September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012) was an American television show host and producer who was best known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show Soul Train, which he hosted from 1971 until 1993.

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Economy of the United States

The economy of the United States is a highly developed mixed economy.

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Electrical substation

A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system.

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Electronic trading

Electronic or scripless trading, sometimes called e-trading or paperless trading is a method of trading securities (such as stocks, and bonds), foreign exchange or financial derivatives electronically.

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Eurex Exchange

Eurex Exchange is an international exchange which primarily offers trading in European based derivatives and it is the largest European futures and options market.

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Facade

A facade (also façade) is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front.

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Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (informally the Chicago Fed) is one of twelve regional Reserve Banks that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the nation's central bank.

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American coming-of-age comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes, and co-produced by Tom Jacobson.

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First Business

First Business (full name First Business News) was a nationally syndicated financial news and analysis television program, produced by First Business Network LLC, a subsidiary of Weigel Broadcasting, in Chicago.

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First United Methodist Church of Chicago

First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple is a church located at the base and in the utmost floors of the Chicago Temple Building, a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois.

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Flag of the United States

The flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the American flag, is the national flag of the United States.

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Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is a governmental agency headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed.

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Frank Norris

Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and sometimes a novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre.

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Futures exchange

A futures exchange or futures market is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts; that is, a contract to buy specific quantities of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price with delivery set at a specified time in the future.

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General contractor

A general contractor (main contractor, prime contractor) is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project.

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George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Glen Ellyn is a suburban village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.

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Government of Chicago

The government of the City of Chicago, Illinois is divided into executive and legislative branches.

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Granite

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

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Great Chicago Fire

The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to Tuesday, October 10, 1871.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Great hall

A great hall is the main room of a royal palace, nobleman's castle or a large manor house or hall house in the Middle Ages, and continued to be built in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries, although by then the family used the great chamber for eating and relaxing.

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Green roof

A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane.

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Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Helmut Jahn

Helmut Jahn (born January 4, 1940) is a Chicago-based German-American architect, known for designs such as the Sony Center on the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany, the One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (formerly the tallest building in Philadelphia), and the Suvarnabhumi Airport, an international airport in Bangkok, Thailand.

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High-rise building

A high-rise building is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined by its height differently in various jurisdictions.

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Historic preservation

Historic preservation (US), heritage preservation or heritage conservation (UK), is an endeavour that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance.

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Holabird & Root

The architectural firm now known as Holabird & Root was founded in Chicago in 1880.

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Hook 'em Horns

Hook 'em Horns is the slogan and hand signal of The University of Texas at Austin.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indiana Limestone

Indiana limestone — also known as Bedford limestone — is a common regional term for Salem limestone, a geological formation primarily quarried in south central Indiana, USA, between the cities of Bloomington and Bedford.

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Interior design

Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space.

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International Working People's Association

The International Working People's Association (IWPA), sometimes known as the "Black International," was an international anarchist political organization established in 1881 at a convention held in London, England.

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Jack Carter (politician)

John William Carter (born July 3, 1947) is an American businessman and politician who unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate in Nevada in 2006.

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Jackson station (CTA Blue Line)

Jackson (also Jackson/Dearborn) is a subway station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line and located in the Chicago Loop.

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Jewelers Building (1882)

The Jewelers Building at 15-17 Wabash Avenue between East Monroe and East Madison Streets in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States was built in 1881-1882 and was designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

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John A. Roebling

John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer.

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John Storrs

John Henry Bradley Storrs (June 25, 1885 – April 26, 1956), also known as John Bradley Storrs and John H. Storrs, was an American modernist sculptor best remembered for his art deco sculptures that examined the relationship between architecture and sculpture.

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John W. Norton

John Warner Norton (7 March 1876 - 7 January 1934) was an Illinois muralist and easel artist who pioneered the field in the United States.

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Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States.

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LaSalle station (CTA)

LaSalle is an 'L' station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line.

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LaSalle Street

LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for Robert de La Salle, an early explorer of Illinois.

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LaSalle Street Station

LaSalle Street Station is a commuter rail terminal at 414 South LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago.

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LaSalle Towers Apartments

LaSalle Towers Apartments is a high-rise apartment complex in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago.

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LaSalle-Wacker Building

The LaSalle-Wacker Building, at 221 North LaSalle Street (also known as 121 West Wacker Drive), is a 41-story skyscraper at the north end of the LaSalle Street canyon in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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LaSalle/Van Buren station

LaSalle/Van Buren is an 'L' station in downtown Chicago serving the CTA's Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines.

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Lasso

A lasso, from the Castilian word, Lazo.

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Light fixture

A light fixture (US English), light fitting (UK English), or luminaire is an electrical device that contains an electric lamp that provides illumination.

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List of Chicago Landmarks

Chicago Landmark is a designation of the Mayor of Chicago and the Chicago City Council for historic buildings and other sites in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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List of tallest buildings in Chicago

Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States, is home to 1,315 completed high-rises, 44 of which stand taller than.

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Lithography

Lithography is a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water.

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Lucy Parsons

Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Parsons (– March 7, 1942) was an American labor organizer, radical socialist and anarchist communist.

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Man of Steel (film)

Man of Steel is a 2013 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman.

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Masonic Temple (Chicago)

The Masonic Temple Building was a skyscraper built in Chicago, Illinois in 1892.

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Metra

Metra is a commuter railroad in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States.

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Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, GCL (born 2 March 1931) is a Russian and former Soviet politician.

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Morse code

Morse code is a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment.

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Museum Campus

Museum Campus is a park in Chicago that sits alongside Lake Michigan and encompasses five of the city's most notable attractions: the Adler Planetarium, America's first planetarium; the Shedd Aquarium; the Field Museum of Natural History; Soldier Field, home of the NFL Chicago Bears football team; and the Lakeside Center of McCormick Place.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Near North Side, Chicago

The Near North Side is one of 77 defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century.

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New York Central Railroad

The New York Central Railroad was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States.

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News broadcasting

News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting of various news events and other information via television, radio, or internet in the field of broadcast journalism.

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Occupy Chicago

Occupy Chicago was an ongoing collaboration that has included peaceful protests and demonstrations against economic inequality, corporate greed and the influence of corporations and lobbyists on government which has been taking place in Chicago since September 24, 2011.

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One North LaSalle

The One North LaSalle Building or One LaSalle Street Building is a building in the LaSalle Street corridor in the Loop community area of Chicago.

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Open outcry

Open outcry is the name of a method of communication between professionals on a stock exchange or futures exchange typically on a trading floor.

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Option (finance)

In finance, an option is a contract which gives the buyer (the owner or holder of the option) the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset or instrument at a specified strike price on a specified date, depending on the form of the option.

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Orange Line (CTA)

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Otis Elevator Company

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Palmolive Building

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Pink Line (CTA)

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Postmodern architecture

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Prairie School

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Purple Line (CTA)

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Quaker Oats Company

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Quincy station (CTA)

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Rand McNally

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Reliance Building

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Richard Dennis

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Richard Haas

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Richard J. Daley Center

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Richard M. Daley

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Road to Perdition

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Rookery

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Rookery Building

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Rosalynn Carter

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September 11 attacks

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Setback (architecture)

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Soul Train

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Soviet Union

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Speculation

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Spring Grove, Illinois

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Steel frame

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Still life

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Stone carving

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Streamliner

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Structural system

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The Dark Knight (film)

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The Epic of the Wheat

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The Pit (Norris novel)

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The Untouchables (film)

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Thomas Struth

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Time (magazine)

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Trader (finance)

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Trading room

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Train station

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Tribune Tower

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Trilogy

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Trompe-l'œil

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United States Senate

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Vinalhaven, Maine

Vinalhaven is a town located on the larger of the two Fox Islands in Knox County, Maine, United States.

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Wayne Enterprises

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WBEZ

WBEZ is a nonprofit public radio station broadcasting from Chicago, Illinois.

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WCIU-TV

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Wigwam (Chicago)

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Will Rogers

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William W. Boyington

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Willis Tower

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World's Columbian Exposition

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Wrigley Building

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WVON

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1996 Democratic National Convention

The 1996 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, from August 26 to August 29, 1996.

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References

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