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Monadnock Building (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Chicago / Chicago, Illinois / West Jackson Boulevard, 53
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Still the world's tallest masonry constructed building, the 17-story Monadnock has two sections. The northern one is not supported by a steel skeleton, but rather load-bearing brick walls - requiring them to be six feet thick at the base! The southern addition was completed in 1893.
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Coordinates:   41°52'39"N   87°37'46"W
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