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==Buildings - a "Top Forty" List== In 2010, ''[[Chicago Magazine]]'' selected 40 still existing properties for their historical and architectural importance,<ref>''[[Chicago Magazine]]'' [http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2010/Top-40-Buildings-in-Chicago/index.php?cp=4&si=48&cparticle=4&siarticle=3#artanc Top 40 Buildings in Chicago]</ref> opening an on-line forum for debate. The top ten chosen were: {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *1: [[John Hancock Center]], 875 N. Michigan Ave. (1969) *2: [[Rookery Building]], 209 S. LaSalle St. (1885β1888) *3: [[860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments]], (1952) *4: [[Monadnock Building]], 53 W. Jackson Blvd. (1891 and 1893) *5: [[Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building]], 1 S. State St. (1899) *6: [[S. R. Crown Hall]], 3360 S. State St. (1956) *7: [[Auditorium Building]], 430 S. Michigan Ave. (1889) *8: [[Frederick C. Robie House]], 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. (1909) *9: [[Farnsworth House (Plano, Illinois)]], 14520 River Rd., Plano, IL (1951) *10: [[Sears Tower]] (now the Willis Tower), 233 S. Wacker Dr. (1974) {{div col end}}
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