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Monadnock Building (1893)
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Marquette Building (1895)
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People's Gas Building (1910)

Insurance Exchange (1912)
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208 South LaSalle / Continental & Commerical Bank (1914)
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Conway Building (1915)
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231 South LaSalle / Illinois Merchants Trust (1924)
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Field Building (1932-34)
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First National Plaza (1969)
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John Hancock Center (1969)
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Standard Oil / Amoco Building (1973)
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Sears Tower (1974)
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Water Tower Place (1976)
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900 North Michigan Avenue (1989)

 
CHICAGO

These are fourteen of Chicago's biggest buildings. The Marquette Building has been around the longest, since 1895. The newest building is 900 North Michigan Avenue. Chicago has the second-most skyscrapers in the United States (New York is the city with the most).

We've seen the buildings from Chicago and New York. They are all very, very big. But buildings are usually most famous for their height. Click here to see the record holders for the world's tallest buildings.