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5 unusual facts about Chicago Board of Trade Building


Chicago Board of Trade Building

The inaugural banquet for the building opening was marched on by a sizable column of Chicago labor activists, under the International Working People's Association banner and led by Albert Parsons, Lucy Parsons, and Lizzie Holmes.

Florence-Roebling, New Jersey

The steel mill was also responsible for the production of the elevator cables for the Empire State Building in New York City, the Chicago Board of Trade Building in Chicago and the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. John A. Roebling & Sons company made the wire for the original slinky as well.

Richard Haas

One of the building's sides features the Chicago Board of Trade Building, intended as a reflection of the actual building two miles (3 km) south.

Rivermont Collegiate

These funds were invested in Cambria Place, a magnificent residence designed by a famous architect (who designed the Illinois State Capitol and the Chicago Board of Trade Building), with five acres of land high on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa.

Thomas Peterffy

The OneChicago corporate headquarters is located in the Chicago Board of Trade Building in Chicago's financial district.



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