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A view of the One Prudential Plaza (front) and the Two Prudential Plaza (behund) from Millennium Park, 2004

One Prudential Plaza (or the Prudential Building) is a 41-story structure in Chicago. It was finished in 1955 as the headquarters for Prudential's Mid-America company. The building is known for it's 311 feet antenna. The building is 601 feet (183 m) without the antenna. With the antenne the building is 912 feet (270 m) high. The building and it's "sister" building the Two Prudential Plaza was sold in May 2006 for $470 million dollars. It was the 2012 Obama campaign headquarters for the United States presidential election, 2012.


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  • Photography by Victor Albert Grigas (1919-2017) INDUSTRIAL 00510 (49316859987)

    The structure being built in the 1950s

  • 1964-CM05015 (3552240511)

    in 1964

  • Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill Restored

    1943 view from One Prudential Plaza location

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