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Old Posted Mar 17, 2009, 8:14 PM
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I found this on ebay the other day.




State and Randolph in 1946.

For those of you not from Chicago. The two story Walgreens you see, was the site of the Masonic Temple Building.
The tallest building in the world from 1890 to 1892.
And the dark building on the right is Marshall Field's, with its world famous clocks.
(there's one at the other end of the block as well)

The towering building is 34 East Wacker Drive, originally known as the Jewelers Building (later the Pure Oil Building).
To prevent muggings, the jewelers could use an auto elevator that lifted cars as high as the 22nd floor.

The huge dome at the top was originally a nightclub called the Stratosphere Club.



Today, the space is the office/showroom of Helmut Jahn.

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