The Aon Center is a modern super tall skyscraper east of the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by architect firms Edward Durell Stone and The Perkins and Will partnership, and completed in 1973 as the Standard Oil Building. With 83 floors and a height of 1,136 feet (346 m), it is the fourth-tallest building in Chicago, surpassed in height by Willis Tower, Trump International Hotel and Tower, and St Regis Chicago.
The Aon Center, designed by Edward Durell Stone
View from Buckingham Fountain of the building while it was under-construction
Aon Center in the 1990s during its refacing, with temporary work elevators erected in the building's corners
From the east
Randolph Street is a street in Chicago. It runs east–west through the Chicago Loop, carrying westbound traffic west from Michigan Avenue across the Chicago River on the Randolph Street Bridge, interchanging with the Kennedy Expressway (I-90/I-94), and continuing west. It serves as the northern boundary of Grant Park and the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District. Several large theaters, as well as city and state government buildings are on and adjacent to Randolph. Metra's Millennium Station is located under Randolph Street.
Harris Theater (left), the Chicago Cultural Center (bottom right), and The Heritage at Millennium Park (upper right) from Randolph Street.
Randolph Street Market, west of Desplaines Street, 1890
900 West Randolph Street
Image: 20080708 Randolph Street (westward)