Federal Center, Chicago
This plaza includes Mies' Dirksen Federal Building and Kluczynski Federal Building (built eleven years apart), with a low-rise post office enveloped in their sleek black lines.
This plaza includes Mies' Dirksen Federal Building and Kluczynski Federal Building (built eleven years apart), with a low-rise post office enveloped in their sleek black lines. But the buildings are not quite as famous as the gigantic red constructivist flamingo statue by Alexander Calder in the plaza in front of the post office. An adventurous raccoon may have set a raccoon world climbing record by reaching the scaffolding on the 36th floor in 2006.
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About Federal Center
219/230 S Dearborn St
Federal Center and Nearby Sights on Map
Chicago Loop
Monadnock Building
Named appropriately for a mountain in New Hampshire, the Monadnock was the last tall building to be supported by its own walls (not a metal frame, although the 1893 addition by Holabird & Roche does use one)
Marquette Building
It's partially obscured by renovations, but this first-wave skyscraper still makes an immediate contrast with the modern Federal Center across the street
University of Chicago
Metropolitan Correctional Center
While not very tall, this 1975 brutalist structure is one of the most distinctive and curious in the Chicago skyline
The Rookery (Chicago)
The Rookery is gorgeous to the point of absurdity, with delight to be found in details in the rustic lower walls and the triumphant upper walls
Chicago Board of Trade Visitor Center
This monumental 1930 building is an Art Deco masterpiece and dominates its surrounding streets like no other in the Loop
Federal Reserve Bank Money Museum
Currency wonks can study various denominations and practice counterfeit detections
Chase Tower
Located at the exact epicenter of CTA's Loop transit system, this 850ft building is distinctive for its vertical curve
LaSalle Bank Theater
Another Broadway in Chicago theater