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 for years this building provided a dignified presence on the edge of the railroad yard that would eventually be decked over to become Millennium Park. It looked out over Grant Park and the Loop with its blue glass and white accents reminding the office workers of the wonders of the great lake that lie just beyond. That placid harmony with its surroundings was shattered in 2007. On purpose.Many buildings in Chicago have aspirations to reach higher than they do. This is one of the few that actually attained its goal. In 2007 a project was started to add another 24 stories of offices on top of the 32 already built. The skyscraper was designed from the start for this kind of expansion. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois knew it would eventually be necessary. But the details were little more than a footnote in an archive, or a bit of trivia on a skyscraper nerd's web site for a decade.

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