History of Chicago upper income Americans continued to move from the city for better housing and schools in the suburbs. Office building resumed in the 1960s. When completed in 1974, the Sears Tower, now known as the Willis Tower, at 1451 feet was the world's tallest building. It was designed by the famous Chicago firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which designed many of the city's famous buildings. Mayor Richard J. Daley served 1955–1976, dominating the city's machine politics by his control of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee, which selected party nominees, who were usually elected in the Democratic stronghold. Daley took
Library Tower (Chicago) Associates. Library Tower (Chicago) Library Tower Chicago is located on 520 S. State Street, Chicago, Illinois, which is the block directly south of the main branch of the Chicago Public Library in the Loop community area. Currently (4/2009) the building has 184 Units. 52 units have been sold and closed. Another 36 are under contract. Apparently, the building was mostly sold unit the economy forced investors to pull out of the building, leaving it largely unsold. Units have been on sale since 2005, with closing first occurring in 2008. There has been substantial price drops from being on the market