Seven Seas Mariner is a cruise ship operated by Regent Seven Seas Cruises (formerly Radisson Seven Seas Cruises). She was the first all-suite, all-balcony ship in the world, and was awarded Ship of the Year in 2002 by Ocean and Cruise News.
The John Hancock Center. Chicago, Illinois, 1969, 1127ft, Steel. New Heights for Chicago. The John Hancock Center (Figure 1) was completed in 1968 by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) at 876 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.
The Home Insurance Building, completed in 1885, is regarded as the world's first skyscraper. This building used the steel-frame method, innovated in Chicago. It was originally built with 10 stories, a considerable height in the 1800s, to a height of 138 feet (42 m), making it the tallest building in the world. It was later expanded to 12 stories with a height of 180 feet (55 m).