Archive for August 17th, 2012

Chicago, Illinois

Picture The World Project, Illinois

Photo by Pola Henderson of jettingaround.com The picture shows the Chicago skyline, as viewed from the city’s third tallest building, the John Hancock Center. Chicago, Illinois was the birthplace of the steel-framed skyscraper, after the Great Fire of 1871 had destroyed a third of the city’s wood-construction buildings. The Fire was one of the greatest [...]