Word: mcelhatton
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...world's tallest apartment building: no apartment is less than 45 stories off the ground, and the highest are on the 92nd floor. Tenants often find themselves above cloud level, and they are permanently remote from the city's urban blight. Living in the Hancock, says John McElhatton, 36, of the 47th floor, "makes Chicago a beautiful city...
Forever Insiders. McElhatton runs a rapid-copying business on the building's concourse; an estimated 14 other residents also work in the building. Theoretically, there is no need for them ever to leave, nor should leaving be necessary for the building's many widows, spinsters and retired couples. Everything required for day-to-day life is contained within Big John's walls: grocery, five restaurants (one for residents only), a department store, a bank, two cocktail lounges, coin washers and dryers, and even a branch of Cartier's in which to browse. Floors...
...Hancockers. So does the sway factor. Big John is jacketed by steel girders that form a series of five giant Xs on each side. This is intended to provide extra support against the chilling winds that boom in from Lake Michigan. Despite the Xs, however, Big John swings: McElhatton claims that during one recent windstorm, with gusts of up to 75 m.p.h., there were whitecaps in his toilet. The girders creaked and groaned all night...
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