What is Chicago Board of Trade Building?
[[File:Chicago Board Of Trade Building.jpg|thumb|right|180px|The Chicago Board of Trade Building in 2011]] The '''Chicago Board of Trade Building''' is a skyscraper in [[Chicago]], Illinois, United States. The Chicago Board of Trade Building is currently the 37th tallest building in Chicago. It stands {{convert|184|m}}, and has 44 floors. The building has a faceless statue of [[Ceres]] (goddess of agriculture) as a reference to the exchange's heritage as a [[commodity market]].<ref>[http://www.earthinpictures.com/world/usa/chicago/the_board_of_trade_building.html Chicago Board of Trade Building]{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Earth in Pictures.com</ref> ==History== [[File:Cbot-close-night.jpg|thumb|left|120px|The top of the Chicago Board of Trade Building features a statue of [[Ceres]] as the exchange's heritage as a [[commodity market]]]] The Chicago Board of Trade Building was built in 1929 and finished in 1930. It is at 141 W. Jackson Boulevard at the foot of the [[LaSalle Street]] canyon, in the [[Chicago Loop]] community area in Cook County. It first became a [[Chicago Landmark|Chicago landmark]] in May 4, 1977. The building was made a [[National Historic Landmark]] on June 2, 1978. It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on June 16, 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/web/landmarkdetails.htm?lanId=1269&counter=55|title=Chicago Board of Trade Building|publisher=Commission on Chicago Landmarks, Historic Preservation Division of Chicago Department of Housing and Economic Development|access-date=February 11, 2012}}</ref> Originally built for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), it is now the primary trading venue for the derivatives exchange, the CME Group, The CME Group was founded in 2007 when the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange merged. ==Movies== The building has been featured in several movies, such as ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', ''[[Batman Begins]]'', ''[[Ferris Buel