Thread: CHICAGO | AON center | 1,136 FT / 346 M | 83 FLOORS | 1973
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April 1974

When it was the Standard Oil Building and covered
in 43,000 slabs of brilliantly white Carrara marble imported from Italy.
(tallest marble-clad building in the world).

The building was refaced with granite in 1990-1992.
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