Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower

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The Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower (BCBS) is located on the north end of Grant Park along E. Randolph St. at the NE corner of Randolph and Columbus, in Chicago, United States of America.

The building's address is 300 E. Randolph. The building is located next to the Aon Center and original plans hoped to connect the two buildings via an underground pedway but the plans never came to fruition.

BCBS was originally designed to allow for many more floors to be built later as market conditions warrant and indeed in the center of the building you can see a large open space where more elevators can be inserted into the building to accommodate additional floors.

The building was completed in 1997 and the large expanse of Windows facing Grant Park are often used to spell out words to commemorate or celebrate events and happenings in Chicago. There is a Subway and a Dunkin Donuts in the basement.

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