JOHN HANCOCK BUILDING IN CHICAGO
- The John Hancock Center, at 875 North Michigan
Avenue in the Streeterville area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, is a 100-story,
1,127-foot
(344 m) tall skyscraper, constructed under the supervision of
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, with
chief designer Bruce Graham and structural engineer Fazlur
Khan.[7] When
the building topped out on May 6, 1968] it was
the tallest building in the world It is currently the fourth-tallest building in Chicago and the seventh-tallest in the United States, after One
World Trade Center, the Willis Tower, the Empire
State Building, the Bank of America Tower, the Trump Tower Chicago, and the Aon
Center. When measured to the top of its antenna
masts, it stands at 1,506 feet (459 m).[The building is home to offices and restaurants, as well as about 700 condominiums, and contains the third highest
residence (above adjacent ground level) in the world, after the Trump Tower (also in Chicago), and the Burj
Khalifa (in Dubai).