Big Shoulders
This building is enormous. In most cities a building more than 40 stories would be one of the tallest downtown. Sears Tower is two blocks east. Kinda puts it in perspective.
Chicago is a tall city. Following the civil war, the city council instituted property taxes on the area of a buildings first floor. You did not pay extra taxes for more stories. So buildings went up instead of out.
posted by Lhonez @ 7:38 PM
3 Comments:
it's windy too! but Dallas is actually windier ;)
I bet Dallas is windier!
When the writer who first called Chicago "the windy city" was refering to all the hot air blowing from the polititians!
Same as it ever was....same as it ever was...
do you ever feel lost in such a big city? do you ever yearn for a small town feel?
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