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The history of 175 East Delaware Place is as storied and dynamic as the architecture itself.<\/h3>\n

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\"\"Chief architect Bruce Graham (right) and chief engineer Fazlur Khan (left) along with their SOM team face a huge design challenge: The footprint for the project is relatively small, but Wolman\u2019s vision is large\u2014an apartment tower and an office building side by side, plus a garage mandated by zoning requirements. Over lunch one day, Graham grabs a salt shaker and puts it on top of the pepper shaker. He suggests to Kahn that they stack the apartments on top of the business offices. Kahn goes to work and designs a tubular system that will hold up during high winds and earthquakes. Graham incorporates Kahn\u2019s innovative X-beams\u00a0on the exterior of the tapered structure, creating the iconic look that defines the building against the Chicago skyline.\u00a0 It is recognized around the world.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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1966<\/h2>
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John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, which had underwritten the project, takes title from Wolman. The Hancock Center name is adopted.<\/p>\n

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1967<\/h2>
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John Hancock Center, the second-tallest building in the world, is completed. Logging five million hours, more than 2,000 people have worked on the project. The building becomes\u00a0affectionately known as \u201cBig John\u201d by locals. The following year, the first residents move into \u201cthe world\u2019s highest apartments.\u201d<\/p>\n

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1973<\/h2>
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1981<\/h2>
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1987<\/h2>
\"\"Poltergeist III, starring Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Heather O\u2019Rourke, and others, is partly filmed on location at 175 East Delaware Place.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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1989<\/h2>
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1999<\/h2>
The John Hancock Center receives the \u201cTwenty-five Year Award\u201d from the American Institute of Architects; this honor is bestowed on one building worldwide that has stood the test of time for the previous 25 to 35 years and continues to set standards of excellence for its architectural design and significance.\"\"<\/p>\n
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2000<\/h2>
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Princeton Architectural Press publishes a monograph on the John Hancock Center with photos by Ezra Stoller and an introduction by the daughter of Fazlur Khan, Yasmin Sabina Khan.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>

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2003<\/h2>
The John Hancock Center is depicted on a US quarter, the only time in history a private residence has appeared on a US coin.
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