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James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph St.
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Hotel Burnham - a Kimpton Hotel $249 0.2 mi 0.3 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Renaissance Chicago Hotel $293 0.3 mi 0.4 km 4.5 of 5 stars
theWit Hotel $275 0.3 mi 0.4 km 4.5 of 5 stars
The Westin Chicago River North $282 0.3 mi 0.4 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago $175 0.3 mi 0.5 km 4.5 of 5 stars
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State & Lake 0.3 mi 0.4 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Intelligentsia Coffee 0.3 mi 0.6 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique 0.4 mi 0.6 km 4.5 of 5 stars
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Monument with Standing Beast 0.0 mi 0.0 km 4 of 5 stars
Picasso Statue 0.1 mi 0.2 km 4.5 of 5 stars
City Segway Tours Chicago 1.0 mi 1.6 km 5 of 5 stars
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #192 of 514 attractions in Chicago
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Traveler Description: Multi-colored building across from City Hall was built on the site of the former Greyhound Bus Terminal.  It houses Illinois State Offices (jncluding... more »
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Attraction type: Government building
Address: 100 W. Randolph St. Chicago, IL

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“Helmut Jahn's Bomb”
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3 of 5 stars
JohnTheBear   4,349 contributions
Toronto, Canada
Dec 28, 2008

This building is kind of fun to look at but it generally considered an architectural disaster. The multi-cultured panels on the outside look like tack 1960's architecture, the shape is ungainly, and there are numerous engineering issue. When it opened, the upstair offices were impossibly hot. A newspaper article said someone saw a mouse running out of a copy machine... more

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James R. Thompson Center Address

100 W. Randolph St., Chicago, IL