Chicago Loop

The Loop is what locals call the downtown neighborhood of Chicago. It is the second largest downtown business district in the United States, after Midtown, Manhattan. Bounded on the west and north by the Chicago River, on the east by Lake Michigan, and on the south by Roosevelt Road, the lack of space created the necessity of height for buildings. From the Home Insurance Building, considered the first skyscraper, to the Sears Tower, the tallest in the United States, the Loop has had a long history of verticality in buildings. Some of the historic buildings in this district were instrumental in the development of high-rises.

External links

• Chicago Landmarks
• Auditorium Building
• Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain and Garden
• Carbide and Carbon Building
• Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
• Chicago Board of Trade Building
• Chicago Theater
• Chicago Public Library/Cultural Center
• City Hall-County Building
• Civic Opera Building
• Dearborn Station
• Field Building
• Fine Arts Building
• Jewelers Row District
• Mather Tower
• Historic Michigan Boulevard District
• Monadnock Block
• Printing House Row District
• Reliance Building
• Rookery Building
• Chicago Park District
• Grant Park
• Buckingham Fountain