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Old Posted Nov 24, 2011, 6:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Chicago103 View Post
In some ways I feel Chicago had an underwhelming skyline as far as height for the then second largest city in the United States in 1950.
I've always wondered about this too. Was there some sort of height restriction in Chicago until the 1960's? Lots of 40 floor buildings, but nothing higher. Even Cincinnati, Cleveland and Detroit had taller or rivaling buildings.
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