Once one of Chicago’s most incredible buildings, the Chicago Federal Building is now little but a longforgotten memory for most of Chicago. Designed by Henry Ives Cobb and with a dome larger than the one on the Capitol Building, it was a marvel of its time—today on It’s History, we will discover the secrets of the lost Chicago Federal Building.

Chapters:
01:48 Chicago architecture in the 1800s
02:38 Chicago’s first courthouse
03:58 Who was Henry Ives Cobb?
05:28 The architectural legacy of Henry Ives Cobb
06:55 Commissioning the Chicago Federal Building
09:55 How was the Chicago Federal Building built?
13:35 The Chicago Federal Building’s Dome
14:17 The Bombing of the Chicago Federal Building
15:01 Walt Disney at the Chicago Federal Building
15:32 The Fall of the Chicago Federal Building
16:12 The Chicago Federal Center

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IT’S HISTORY Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

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Scriptwriter Gregory Back
Editor Piotr Kubiak
Host Ryan Socash

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