Chicago Skyline bird's eye view
In the early 1800s, the Chicago School pioneers began construction using steel frames. By the 1890s, architects started using large plates of glass as part of their construction.
The Chicago skyline is known to have started with the great work and planning of architects such as William LeBaron Jenney, Daniel Burnham, Wellborn Root, Louis Sullivan, and William Holabird.
Chicago is considered to be the birthplace of Skyscrapers. It has over 1,200 Tower Blocks, 107 of which are over 500 feet tall.
Chicago has some of the most beautiful, and tallest building in the United States; Chicago is known for its skyline.
The top ten tallest buildings in Chicago.