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Encyclopedia > Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower (BCBS) is located on the north end of Grant Park along E. Randolph St. at the NE corner of Randolph and Columbus, in Chicago, United States of America. Nickname: 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  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ...


The building's address is 300 E. Randolph. The building is located next to the Aon Center and original plans hoped to connect the two buildings via an underground pedway but the plans never came to fruition. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


BCBS was originally designed to allow for many more floors to be built later as market conditions warrant and indeed in the center of the building you can see a large open space where more elevators can be inserted into the building to accommodate additional floors.


The building was completed in 1997 and the large expanse of Windows facing Grant Park are often used to spell out words to commemorate or celebrate events and happenings in Chicago. There is a Subway and a Dunkin Donuts in the basement. The Taste of Chicago is held in Grant Park annually around Independence Day. ...


Expansion

Currently as of 2006 the City of Chicago has granted a building permit to Health Care Service Corp. DBA Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois to build up instead of out, once completed (est. 2010 plan) the "new" tower will be 57 stories and will be the first project in Chicago to build up. Over 2,000 employees were moved because of the construction.


See also

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. ...

References

  • Emporis listing


 
 

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