Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile in Chicago, Illinois

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Quick Facts Construction finish: 1929 Designed by: Walter W. Alschlager Type: skyscraper Stories: 45 Maximum Height: 471 feet / 144 meters Statistics Hotel rooms: 867 Timeline 1989: This building was bought by Inter-Continental Hotels. 1990: This building reopened as The Hotel Inter-Continental. Later, Inter-Continental made the south tower the InterContinental Hotel, and the north tower The Forum Hotel. Eventually it was decided that having two adjoined hotels wasn't working, so they were unified into a single two-tower InterContinental Hotel. December, 2007: The TV quiz show Jeopardy mentions the whale mural on the east side of this building in one of its questions. Unfortunately, by then the whale mural had been covered up by the construction of the Avenue East condo block. December, 2012: A man climbed onto the roof of this building and fell down its chimney. He later died at the hospital. His girlfriend told police he wanted to take a picture. Notes The tower-like structure near the onion dome was once used as a blimp mooring. It was later an observation deck. It is now closed to the public. (Credit; Chicago Architecture)   This object is part of "Scan The World". Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email stw@myminifactory.com to find out how you can help.Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)