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View of Chicago from America’s third tallest building, the AON Center

The 80th floor of the AON Center has fantastic views. As of now, it’s the 3rd tallest building in America. (Sears Tower, Empire State Building, AON Center). The 80th floor is not open to the public, instead, it’s leased to the Mid-America Club. I was granted access to this exclusive area, because my employer had our annual awards ceremony up there. It was the perfect day for photos in March 2008. Early enough in the year were smog is minimized, yet it was one of the first days of the year to have the sun shining.

Here’s my collection of photos taken atop the AON Center:

Prudential Two spire and Carbide & Carbon building spire Detail of Smurfit-Stone building's roof Prudential Two spire close-up

Chicago Skyline: northwest from AON Center Trump Tower and IBM Building are good friends Chicago's Mather Tower against the Trump Tower

Chicago lakeshore: view south from AON Center Sears Tower stands tall and alone

Happening right now on Spudart: Press a leaf in an envelope with the date and story written on it until 2026-10-31

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Alice
Alice
18 years ago

Empire State building is in New York. 😉 Great pics though.

Angie O'Neal
18 years ago

those are GORGEOUS!!!

Lisa Schryver
18 years ago

Spudz! Omg! I love the b/w ones. Remember when we were talking about putting pix in a series? Those would be a good series 🙂

Theatons Toys
18 years ago

Amazing photos.. are they HRD ?