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The building's first resident was Ray Heckla, the original building engineer, responsible for the residential floors from 44 to 92. Wolman's bankruptcy resulted in John Hancock taking over the project, which retained the original design, architect, engineer, and main contractor. The situation is similar to the one faced during the construction of 111 West Wacker, then known as the Waterview Tower. This forced the owner to stop development until the engineering problem could be resolved, resulting in a credit crunch. The engineers were getting the same soil settlements for the 20 stories that had been built as what they had expected for the entire 99 stories. Construction of the tower was interrupted in 1967 due to a flaw in an innovative engineering method used to pour concrete in stages, that was discovered when the building was 20 stories high. The project was financed by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.

The project, which would become the world's second tallest building at opening, was conceived and owned by Jerry Wolman in late 1964. The 44th-floor sky lobby features America's highest indoor swimming pool.

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360 Chicago is home to TILT, a moving platform that leans visitors over the edge of the skyscraper to a 30-degree angle, a full bar with local selections, Chicago's only open-air SkyWalk, and also features free interactive high definition touch screens in six languages. The observatory (360 Chicago), which competes with the Willis Tower's Skydeck, has a 360° view of the city, up to four states, and a distance of over 80 miles (130 km). įrom the 95th floor restaurant, diners can look out at Chicago and Lake Michigan. In 2018, John Hancock Insurance, years after leaving the building requested that its name be removed and the owner is seeking another naming rights deal. The building was named for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, a developer and original tenant of the building, which itself was named for the U.S. The building is home to several offices and restaurants, as well as about 700 condominiums, and at the time of its completion contained the highest residence in the world. When measured to the top of its antenna masts, it stands at 1,500 feet (457 m). It is currently the fifth-tallest building in Chicago and the thirteenth-tallest in the United States, behind the Aon Center in Chicago and ahead of the Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia. When the building topped out on May 6, 1968, it was the second-tallest building in the world after the Empire State Building, and the tallest in Chicago. The skyscraper was designed by Peruvian-American chief designer Bruce Graham and Bangladeshi-American structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM).

Located in the Magnificent Mile district, the building was officially renamed 875 North Michigan Avenue in 2018. The John Hancock Center is a 100- story, 1,128-foot supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois.

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