Crain Communications Building facts for kids

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Crain Communications Building, formerly known as Smurfit-Stone Building and Stone Container Building, is a small skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois constructed in 1983 and finished in 1984. The building is 582 feet (177 meters) and 41 stories tall. It is well known for the diamond shape upon the top of the building. The diamond shaped facade is also known to occasionally sport worded slogans at night, such as "GO BEARS" or "GO CUBS."

The design of the south east corner of the building features a prominent vertical slit from the ground, through the diamond shaped facade, and to the top of the building.

The building has appeared in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).

Skyscrapers in Chicago

Skyscrapers over 450m	Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment (proposed and approved) • Chicago Spire (on hold) • The Illinois (never built)

Skyscrapers over 400m	Willis Tower • Trump International Hotel and Tower

Skyscrapers over 300m	Aon Center • John Hancock Center • Franklin Center • Two Prudential Plaza

Skyscrapers over 250m	Wolf Point South Tower (proposed and approved) • 311 South Wacker Drive • 900 North Michigan • Water Tower Place • Chase Tower • Park Tower • One Prudential Plaza • Aqua • The Legacy at Millennium Park • Harbor Point

Skyscrapers over 200m	111 South Wacker Drive • 77 West Wacker Drive • 340 on the Park • Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower • One Museum Park • Waldorf Astoria Chicago • One Magnificent Mile • Three First National Plaza • 300 North LaSalle • 181 West Madison Street • 330 North Wabash • Olympia Centre • 150 North Riverside Chicago • 200 North Riverside Plaza

Skyscrapers over 150m	Chicago Board of Trade Building • Chicago Title & Trust Building • Olympia Centre • Crain Communications Building • Richard J. Daley Center • Waterview Tower • Marina City • CNA Center • 155 North Wacker • 35 East Wacker • Tribune Tower • Pittsfield Building • Carbide & Carbon Building • Boeing International Headquarters • 55 East Erie Street • Civic Opera House • The Parkshore • Palmolive Building • Chicago Temple Building • One South Dearborn • 190 South LaSalle Street • The Fordham • One Museum Park West • Madison Plaza • Millennium Centre • Chicago Place • 353 North Clark • NBC Tower • One North Wacker • The Heritage at Millennium Park • River East Center • Lake Point Tower • Inland Steel Building • Metropolitan Tower • Mather Tower • Kluczynski Federal Building • Citigroup Center • Hyatt Center • Leo Burnett Building • 191 North Wacker

Skyscrapers over 100m	333 Wacker Drive • Wrigley Building • Skybridge • Plaza 440 • Joffrey Tower • 333 North Michigan • Merchandise Mart • InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile • Allerton Hotel • Regents Park

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