The tallest buildings in chicago are concentrated in the downtown areas of the loop, streeterville, river north, the south loop, and the west loop Old water tower old water tower and palmolive building, only municipal structure surviving chicago fire of 1871 (a historical marker located in chicago in cook county, illinois.) Built by architect william w Chicago water tower, one of the few buildings to survive the great chicago fire of 1871 Completed in 1869, the limestone structure with its ornate castellated gothic revival style is one of the most iconic buildings along chicago’s famed “magnificent mile” of michigan avenue, and it is the namesake of neighbouring water tower place, a 74.
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