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Aon Center

This is an archived listing.

Address

200 E. Randolph St.

Neighborhood

Downtown

Architect

Edward Durell Stone, 1972

Website

aoncenter.info

Description

The third tallest building in Chicago was originally known as the Standard Oil Building and later the Amoco Building. At 83 floors, it was the tallest in the city and the fourth tallest in the world upon completion—until the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) opened a year later. The exterior was originally clad in thin slabs of Carrara marble that proved to be unfit for winter weather. As a result, a massive project to re-clad the entire building in granite took place from 1990 to 1992.

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Archived In

2015 , 2016 , 2017