The LaSalle–Wacker Building, at 221 North LaSalle Street (also known as 121 West

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), is a 41-story

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at the north end of the LaSalle Street canyon in the

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community area of

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Design

Originally planned as a 37-story building, the developer bought an L-shaped building aside original lot and expanded the site. Clad in limestone and granite, the

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-designed structure (

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was the associate architect) serves as an office building. When built, the beacon on the top of the building could be seen from as far as 200 miles. As with other buildings in Chicago, the structure is upwardly lit at night with moonlight, and the peak of building is typically lit in cobalt blue. The nights illumination design was a common contemporary Chicago architectural theme, seen also in the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, Jewelers Building, Palmolive Building, and

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In popular culture

The building was used as a backdrop in the 2005 movie '' Batman Begins''. WFMT, America's first radio

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, maintained studios in the building from 1954 until 1995.

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Design

In popular culture

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