Why Chicago DEMOLISHED the Largest Dome in America - The Federal building story - IT'S HISTORY
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Once one of Chicago’s most incredible buildings, the Chicago Federal Building is now little but a long-forgotten memory for most of Chicago. Designed by Henry Ives Cobb and with a dome larger than the one on the Capitol Building, it was a marvel of its time—today on It’s History, we will discover the secrets of the lost Chicago Federal Building.
Chapters:
00:54 - a word from Extra
01:48 - Chicago architecture in the 1800s
02:38 - Chicago’s first courthouse
03:58 - Who was Henry Ives Cobb?
05:28 - The architectural legacy of Henry Ives Cobb
06:55 - Commissioning the Chicago Federal Building
09:55 - How was the Chicago Federal Building built?
13:35 - The Chicago Federal Building’s Dome
14:17 - The Bombing of the Chicago Federal Building
15:01 - Walt Disney at the Chicago Federal Building
15:32 - The Fall of the Chicago Federal Building
16:12 - The Chicago Federal Center
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IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.
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Scriptwriter - Gregory Back
Editor - Piotr Kubiak
Host - Ryan Socash
» SOURCES
https://interactive.wttw.com/loop/lost-loop/federal-building
https://news.wttw.com/2020/03/16/chicago-showdown-round-one-lost-chicago-buildings
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1019.html
https://chicagology.com/skyscrapers/skyscrapers017/
https://chicago.curbed.com/maps/historic-chicago-demolitions-senseless-buildings-lost
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/wreckage-chicago-federal-building
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Ives-Cobb
http://cpc.state.pa.us/history/notable/henry-ives-cobb.cfm
» NOTICE
Some images may be used for illustrative purposes only - always reflecting the accurate time frame and content. Events of factual error / mispronounced word/spelling mistakes - retractions will be published in this section.
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