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.
Timeline. 1  1965: Plans for the John Hancock Center are announced. 2  1969: Construction is completed. 3  1972: The Hancock Center is surpassed by the Standard Oil Building (now the Aon Center) as the tallest building in Chicago.  1973: The residential portion of this building converts from apartments to condominiums.