In the mid-1880s, Chicago pulled off something nobody else had tried before by building a tall, metal-framed office tower called the Home Insurance Building. We’d call that a skyscraper today. It didn ...

In this video, we explore the evolution of the world's tallest buildings with a detailed size comparison. Video Breakdown: ...

One of Bertrand Goldberg’s twin Marina City towers being built in Chicago. When completed in 1968, the towers were the tallest reinforced concrete structures in the world. (Courtesy Geoffrey Goldberg) ...

This story has been updated to correct that the Palace Theater did not have 8,500 seats. That was the planned number, but the final total was just under 2,700. The downtown Columbus skyline would be ...