Slide Title
Preview

Date
2-1993
Description
Aerial photograph of Chicago taken in the winter of 1993. Chicago has among one of most dense skylines in the world. It is also home to some of the worlds tallest buildings, including the Willis Tower (formerly Sear Tower) which was the tallest in the world until 1998. Chicago was the location of the worlds first steel framed building, the Home Insurance Building (1884), which was razed in 1930.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Subject Headings
Architecture -- Buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago; Cities and towns -- Illinois -- Chicago; Aerial photography – Illinois -- Chicago;
Country Name
United States of America
Region Name
Illinois
City Name
Chicago
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Chicago: Downtown, Aerial" (1993). Browse All. 600.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/600
Keywords
aerial, architecture, skyscraper, cityscape, downtown, Chicago
Notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Insurance_Building
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Tower