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Haymarket Martyrs' Monument
Das Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument ist ein Grabdenkmal mit Skulptur auf dem Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, einem Vorort von Chicago. Es wurde 1893 eingeweiht und erinnert an die Angeklagten, die am Haymarket Riot beteiligt waren und für den bis heute ungeklärten Bombenanschlag während der Haymarket-Affäre (1886) verantwortlich gemacht, verurteilt und hingerichtet wurden. Die bronzenen Skulpturen des Denkmals stammen vom Künstler Albert Weinert. Am 18. Februar 1997 wurde das Denkmal zum National Historic Landmark erklärt.
Wikipedia → Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Energy (1964–1966) is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore on the campus of the University of Chicago at the site of the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1. The first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was created here on December 2, 1942. The sculpture is set in a granite paved quadrangle, with the paving stones radiating outward from the sculpture, and memorial plaques mounted on an adjacent wall. The memorial site is a National Historic Landmark and Chicago Landmark.
Wikipedia → Old Chicago Post Office
The Old Chicago Main Post Office is a nine-story-tall office building in downtown Chicago, Illinois, U.S. The building was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and built in 1921. The structure of the building was expanded greatly in 1932 to serve Chicago's great volume of postal business, increased significantly by the mail-order businesses of Montgomery Ward and of Sears. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wikipedia → Manhattan Building
The Manhattan Building is a 16-story building at 431 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney and constructed from 1889 to 1891. It is the oldest surviving skyscraper in the world to use a purely skeletal supporting structure. It is the sixth oldest surviving building in the city. The building was the first home of the Paymaster Corporation, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976, and designated a Chicago Landmark on July 7, 1978.
Wikipedia → Old Colony Building
The Arc at Old Colony is a 17-story landmark building in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Designed by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche in 1893–94, it stands at approximately 215 feet and was the tallest building in Chicago at the time it was built. The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 7, 1978. It was the first tall building to use a system of internal portal arches as a means of bracing the structure against high winds.
Wikipedia → Monadnock Building
Das Monadnock Building ist ein Hochhaus in Chicago, das zur Chicagoer Schule gerechnet wird. Das 17 Stockwerke hohe Bürogebäude besteht aus zwei Teilen. Der nördliche Teil wurde 1889–91 von Burnham & Root errichtet, der südliche 1891–93 von Holabird & Roche. Mit 60 Metern Höhe ist es bis heute eines der höchsten Hochhäuser der Welt mit einem tragenden Mauerwerk.
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