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University Hall (University Of Illinois Chicago)
University Hall is the seat of the University of Illinois Chicago administration. Located at 601 S. Morgan Street, it is 338 feet (103 m) tall, making it the tallest building on West Side, Chicago, Chicago's West Side. An unusual feature of its design is that instead of Setback (architecture), setbacks, it actually widens in two stages, so that it is twenty feet (6 m) wider at the top floor than at its base. History University Hall was designed in the Brutalist style, along with much of the rest of the east campus (formerly "Circle Campus"), by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The offices of the university chancellor are located on the top floor. The first two floors are occupied by the Port Center Cafe, a popular studying spot for students; the south portion of the 2nd floor can be seen near the end of the 2006 film, ''Stranger than Fiction (2006 film), Stranger than Fiction''. The remainder of the floors are used as offices for the university chancellor, Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
