The whole world seems to know, and is talking about The Sears Tower changing its name to The Willis Tower. This will happen in June of this year because Willis Group Holdings, the number three insurance brokerage in the world, will begin leasing 140,000 square feet in the tower. This apparently is enough to give […]
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My Favorite Building: The Montgomery (500 W. Superior)
Written by: Robert John Anderson - February 26, 2009
Of the thousand’s of buildings in Chicago, I’d like to single out The Montgomery as one of my favorite buildings. The once corporate headquarters for Montgomery Wards Catalog Company is now a 28-story, 245-unit residential tower in Chicago’s emerging and posh River North neighborhood. An Icon of Modernism Montgomery Wards Company originally built their 26 […]


Written by: Rod Holmes - March 13, 2009
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