Some Chicago buildings that have an outsize legacy. Maybe I'm just parroting propaganda from various tours though...
Home Insurance Building (sadly gone): first steel frame construction. Because it didn't fall down, other skyscrapers could be built?
860-880 N Lakeshore Dr: The modernist prototype.
Sears Tower: Pioneered bundled tubes
Robie House: Hugely influential for modern home designs, apparently.
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And here the air that I breathe isn't dead.
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