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Happy Birthday to Transamerica Pyramid architect William Pereira, born today in 1909

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50 years ago today, construction on the Sears Tower topped out at 1,454 feet, making it world's tallest skyscraper

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A few presidential paper models to celebrate a miniature Presidents Day

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Minneapolis' Foshay Tower was dedicated 95 years ago this weekend in an extravagant 3-day celebration attended by 10,000, featuring dancers, fireworks and a march written for the building by John Phillip Sousa

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Cass Gilbert's magnificent Woolworth Building opened 110 yrs ago today with a grand dinner for 900 guests and President Woodrow Wilson pushing a button to turn on the lights of the tower

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Happy 180th birthday to Dankmar Adler, engineer and partner with Louis Sullivan on the Auditorium Building and other projects

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Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the color codes used to designate the different Chicago L train lines. Which one is your train?

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Happy Birthday to Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz, architect of One Times Square, born 170 years ago today in New York. Here's our free model of the original building as designed by Eidlitz in 1903, and the current version after its terracotta exterior was replaced in the 1960s http://www.buildyourownnewyork.com/free.html

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Happy Birthday to architect Bertrand Goldberg, born in Chicago 110 years ago today! Print and build your own Prentice Hospital paper model

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Celebrate National Illinois Day by building a free model of the former State of Illinois Building

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A grand parade with marching bands and floats celebrated the opening of Los Angeles City Hall 95 years ago today

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Happy birthday to Space Needle architect John Graham Jr., born today in 1908. A designer primarily of shopping malls, he passed away in 1991

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George Washington laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Capitol after a grand Masonic procession and ceremony 230 years ago today

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60 years ago today nearly a quarter-million demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, culminating in Martin Luther King’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech

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Coit Tower's namesake Lillie Hitchcock Coit was born today in 1843. Famous for her eccentric habits and support of San Francisco's firefighters, she bequested one-third of her estate after her death in 1929 to to beautify the city, which funded this elegant art deco tower atop Telegraph Hill

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For National Lighthouse Day, here's the Chicago Harbor Light with railings and windows you can print on a transparency to add more realistic detail. Place an LED in the top to flash in time with the real light house!