Never seen Adventures in Babysitting! Probably a generational thing, I was born a little too late. I'm not sure it had the same kind of staying power as John Hughes' movies - never seen it aired on cable, for example. I'll have to queue it up one of these days.
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Originally Posted by Handro
Yea, I think Smurfit-Stone is incredibly distinctive and known to the average joe. If you did a man-on-street poll of 10 people and asked them to think of three chicago skyscrapers, I bet "the adventures in babysitting building/vagina building/triangle building" would be included by at least five respondents.
Agree with the overall point about River Point though.
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You're giving people too much credit. They would probably name the two buildings with observation decks (Sears, JHC) and then maybe Trump or Wrigley/Tribune. Marina City also a strong possibility. Smurfit Stone is known as an unusual part of the skyline (I remember it appearing on cheap Walgreens quality tourist t-shirts, as part of a skyline graphic) but I doubt people could name it. Doesn't help that it's had like 5 names in its history (Stone Container, Smurfit-Stone, Crain's Communications, now just 150 N Michigan).