Merchandise Mart
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The Merchandise Mart is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet of floor space. The Art Deco struct
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Merchandise Mart under construction, 1929
Merchandise Mart in late 1969
A night view of the building's surroundings along the Chicago River: Among the buildings and structures shown are (left to right) Left Bank at K Station (300 North Canal), 333 North Canal, Kinzie Street railroad bridge, 350 West Mart Center, Merchandise Mart, 300 North LaSalle, Franklin Street Bridge and part of 333 Wacker Drive.
Kennedy family
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The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics, public service, entertainment, and business. In 1884, 35 years after the family's arrival from Cou
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…location, hosting 20,000 visitors and tenants daily in the late 2000s. Built by Marshall Field & Co. and later owned for over half a century by the Kennedy family, the Mart centralizes Chicago's wholesale goods industry by consolidating architectural and interior design vendors and trades under a single roof. It…
Patrick Joseph (P.J.) Kennedy, the founding patriarch of the Kennedy political family.
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy with their children at the Kennedy Compound in 1931
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
John F. Kennedy