THE HANCOCK BUILDING.

THE HANCOCK BUILDING. Bruce Graham’s John Hancock Center is located, as this wikipedia article notes, “on the site of Cap Streeter’s 19th century steamboat shanty. The area is called Streeterville after him, and consists of landfill reclaimed from the lake. (I posted on Streeterville here.) His obituary quotes Graham: “Ask any Americans in Chicago what building they like most in the city. The Hancock Building.” Unfortunately, this site, which I posted on here, is devoted to America’s 150 favorite pieces of architecture, and the Hancock Center didn’t make the list. However, Graham’s Sears Tower comes in #42 on the list, behind two other buildings in Chicago, Wrigley Field (#31) and the Tribune Tower (#38).