St. Michael's Church in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago is a Catholic church staffed by the Redemptorist order of priests.
View of the front of St. Michael's Church
St. Michael's Church (center) in Old Town in 2015. Many claims state that hearing distance from its bells indicate the borders of Old Town
St Michaels Church interior in Chicago 2018
The church as seen from Wells and North Avenue in the late 1960s
The Chicago Board of Trade Building is a 44-story, 604-foot Art Deco skyscraper located in the Chicago Loop, standing at the foot of the LaSalle Street "canyon". Built in 1930 for the Chicago Board of
St. Michael's Church, Old Town, Chicago
…was finished in 1869. When completed, its tower made it the tallest building in Chicago and the United States, a distinction it held until the old Chicago Board of Trade Building was completed in 1885. The church was one of seven buildings to 'survive' the path of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, albeit heavily damaged. While…
The Chicago Board of Trade Building was Chicago's tallest from 1930 until 1965.
"On the evening of December 1, 1885, the tower of the new Board of Trade was illuminated by one of the most powerful lights ever devised, ... and can be seen at a distance of sixty miles". The lights were provided with power from the building's own generator.
Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade with the statue of Ceres clearly visible
Statue of Ceres, at the top of the building