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77 West Wacker Drive an office building in Chicago. Finished in 1992, the building rises to a height of 668 ft (204 m) with 959,719 square feet of interior space. Although only 49 floors, the building skips the 49th floor so that it can claim its top level is at the 50th. It was formerly known as the RR Donnelley Building when the RR Donnelley printing company was the primary tenant. However, RR Donnelley moved their corporate headquarters to a different location in May 2005 and the building is now known simply by its street address. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (526x1069, 468 KB)Chicago Title & Trust Center With permission from photographer Krzysztof Makara to be used on Wikipedia. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (526x1069, 468 KB)Chicago Title & Trust Center With permission from photographer Krzysztof Makara to be used on Wikipedia. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... RR Donnelley NYSE: RRD is a Fortune 500 company based in Chicago, Illinois that provides print and related services. ...


The exterior of the tower, designed by architect Ricardo Bofill, is clad in Portuguese white granite pilasters with silver reflective glass and stainless steel mullions. At night, 540 lamps light the building and its surroundings. Allegely, the metal roof was painted green because they didn't want to wait for the copper to patina naturally.[citation needed] This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Ricardo Bofill (born December 5, 1939) is a Catalan architect. ... Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... In architecture, pilasters comprise slightly-projecting pseudo-columns built into or onto a wall, with capitals and bases. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ... A lamp, in technical usage, is a replaceable component such as an incandescent light bulb, which is designed to produce light from electricity. ...


The interior is similarly styled. The classical Greek style is repeated inside, with Thassos marble walls and a 40 ft tall coffered ceiling made of white oak wood. The restored Stoa of Attalus, Athens Architecture, defined as building executed to an aesthetically considered design, was extinct in Greece from the end of the Mycenaean period (about 1200 BC) to the 7th century BC, when urban life and prosperity recovered to a point where public building could be undertaken. ... Marble is a metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite (a crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3). ... Binomial name Quercus alba L. The White oak (Quercus alba) is one of the most magnificent of oaks. ...


A sculpture by Xavier Corbero called “Three Lawyers and A Judge” graces the building, as does Antoni Tapies' artwork called “Big Eyelids.” Bofill further contributed by creating a sculpture entitled “Twisted Columns” which appears to float above a reflecting pool. A sculpture is a three-dimensional object, which for the purposes of this article is man-made and selected for special recognition as art. ... Antoni Tàpies (born in Barcelona, 1923) is a catalan spanish painter. ... This page is about the general memorial; for the one in Washington, D.C. see Reflecting Pool. ...


As of March 19, 2007, United Airlines will relocate their headquarters from suburban Elk Grove Village to 77 West Wacker Drive. The deal includes naming rights to the building.[1] March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... United Airlines, Inc. ... Incorporated Village in 1956. ...


Microsoft is a major tenant in the building, occupying multiple floors.[2] Microsoft is one of few companies engaging itself in the console wars Where they are up against sony, nintendo, and of course sharps new console which may cause a threat. ...


See also

Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Chicago downtown Chicago has the tallest building in the United States, the Sears Tower, and many slightly shorter buildings, almost all in the Loop or along North Michigan Avenue. ... For many millennia the record holder for worlds tallest structure was clearly defined (see table below. ...

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