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	Aon Center (Chicago) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the third tallest in the United States behind the Empire State Building and the 14th tallest in the world.
		Eventually, the harsh climate caused the building's Carrara marble sheathing to fail and detach from the building.
		Originally named the Standard Oil Building (often dubbed "Big Stan"), it was officially renamed the Amoco Building when that company changed its name in 1985.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Standard_Oil_building (330 words)

	Standard Oil Resource Center - standard oil company
		Standard Oil viscosity oil standard of New Jersey eventually became one of many important trusts that dominated key markets; steel oil and grease standard 1994 ford ranger standard transmission oil and railroad were also concentrated markets.
		Standard Oil, being formed well before what did standard oil make the discovery of Spindletop and a demand for oil standard oil vertical monopoly example other than for heat and standard oil signs light, was well placed to control the growth standard motor oil of the oil business.
		It standard oil analysis sleeve bearing was perceived that it did this by ensuring it owned and controlled all aspects of the trade.
	www.taxgloss.com /Tax-US_Companies_O_-_T-/Standard_Oil.html (1249 words)

	VLN: S.F. Architecture 1922-1924
		The present appearance of the building is the result of a major addition and remodeling in 1941 by the Capitol Co. (L. Hendy, architect and L. Nishkian, structural engineer) for the new head offices of the Bank of America.
		This building was among both the first and the last to reflect the particular structural changes of the period, as it was followed by another long period of building inactivity.
		The large brick building on the southeast corner of Laguna and Bay is the Heritage retirement Community (2) (1925) by Julia Morgan (Wiley 2000: 346).
	www.verlang.com /sfbay0004ref_20thc_009.html (2006 words)

	Standard oil, standard oil company of california, standard oil anti trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Standard oil A Denotational Semantics for OIL-Lite and Standard Oil.
		A Denotational Semantics for OIL-Lite and Standard Oil.
		Standard Oil of Colorado Standard Oil of Colorado was chartered in Denver in 1922.
	www.brokerage-account.org /standard_oil.html (1064 words)

	NEW YORK SCRAPERS - EARLY CENTURY II
		An indication of the bulk of the building was the fact that it remained the largest office building (by internal volume) in the world until the Empire State Building of 1931.
		The building site is only 15 m wide and 27.5 m deep, and the architects remarked that they wanted to make the building "a model for the tall, narrow building in the center of a city block." And it was regarded as such for the next decade of feverish urban construction.
		The building was vacated by the Standard Oil in 1956, when the company moved to the Socony-Mobil Building in Midtown.
	www.greatgridlock.net /NYC/nyc1a.html (2599 words)

	Standard oil, standard oil of ohio, standard oil rockefeller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Standard oil, standard oil of ohio, standard oil rockefeller
		Standard Oil of California was renamed Chevron, while Standard Oil of Indiana was standard oil.
		Standard oil Critics blast spate of oil mergers, standard oil of ohio, standard oil rockefeller..
	www.stonecarvings.info /standard+oil.html (365 words)

	Standard Oil - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Standard Oil - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Standard Oil of California: oil crisis of 1974
		Early in the year the United States, along with the other major oil-consuming nations, experienced the most serious fuel shortage in the post—World War II era, as the full effects were felt of the production cuts and the embargo imposed against the United States by the Organization of Arab...
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Standard+Oil (185 words)

	Standard oil, standard oil of new york, standard oil of ohio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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		Standard Oil shipped most of the kerosene for the lamps of the nation, standard oil.
		Standard Oil Company and Trust American company and corporate trust that from 1870 to 1911 was the industrial empire of John D. Rockefeller and associates,.
	www.worldwebsitepromotion.com /standard+oil.html (356 words)

	BRIA(16:2) King Leopold, Heart of Darkness, Belgium, Congo, Rockefeller, Standard Oil, Monopoly, United States v. ...
		When the Standard Oil Trust was formed in 1882, it produced most of the world's lamp kerosene, owned 4,000 miles of pipelines, and employed 100,000 workers.
		By 1900, the Standard Oil Trust had expanded from its original base in the East to new oil regions further west.
		Both the trial judge and a unanimous federal appeals court agreed that Standard Oil was a monopoly violating the Sherman Antitrust Act.
	www.crf-usa.org /bria/bria16_2.html (5715 words)

	From Kerosene to Gasoline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		John D. Rockefeller acquired a diversity of petroleum interests during that period and, in 1882, organized them under the Standard Oil Trust.
		Standard Oil's MEI FOO kerosene lamps introduced illumination across China and opened a vast new market.
		In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of the Standard Oil Trust, resulting in the spin-off of 34 companies, including Jersey Standard and Socony.
	www2.exxonmobil.com /Corporate/About/History/Corp_A_H_Kerosene.asp (235 words)

	Aon Center, Chicago, Illinois (Edward Durell Stone & Associates) - American Architecture
		The Aon Center (formerly the Amoco Building, Standard Oil Building or "Big Stan" as the building was often called) is one of the tallest in the world at 1136 feet and 83 floors.
		When the building was originally built, it was the world's tallest marble clad building.
		The building is the only regular "box-shaped" building in the world over 300 meters tall and the tallest building in the world without any major antennae, spires, or finials at the top.
	usa.archiseek.com /illinois/chicago/aon_centre.html (207 words)

	Aon Center, Chicago
		Tallest building in Chicago from 1973 to 1974; surpassed by the Sears Tower.
		The Standard Oil Company built this tower to replace its old headquarters on South Michigan Avenue, now known as the Michigan Avenue Lofts.
		Marble removed from the cladding of the building was crushed and used as decorative stone surrounding the Amoco refinery in Whiting, Indiana.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu/?id=116756 (367 words)

	Standard Oil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The second tallest tower in Chicago, the Standard Oil Building is a stand-out due to its monumental proportions and gleaming white facade.
		Measuring 194 feet square in plan and boasting generous 30,000 square-foot floor plates, the tower was originally clad in Italian Carrara marble, and later replaced with 44,000 pieces of 2-inch thick granite.
		To further expand rentable area, 40 of the building's 50 elevators are double-deckers, an often preferred solution to ensure efficient vertical circulation while reducing the space consumed by the central service core.
	www.skyscraper.org /EXHIBITIONS/BIG_BUILDINGS/CONTENT/jumbos/j_11.htm (158 words)

	Rome, Rockefeller, the U.S. and Standard Oil.
		Herbert Hoover (another Standard Oil employee) was put in charge of the Belgium Relief Commission.
		Strikes by oil workers had been a regular feature of the protests against the Tsar in 1903 and 1904, and were a major factor in the 1905 revolution, in which the former Josef Dzhugashvili played a significant, anti-Tsarist role.
		Rockefeller and Standard Oil are the Founders of the State of "Israel."
	www.reformation.org /rockefeller.html (3382 words)

	Greensward Foundation
		Up to 1883 the headquarters of the Standard Oil Trust was in Cleveland when it moved to New York and settled in at Number 26.
		Of all the buildings met with on this tour it is safe to say that this one, by Thomas Hastings, is the finest.
		We have a society for the cultures of Asian countries, a complex of office buildings, a museum devoted to the encouragement of modern art, a university specializing in medical research, an institution devoted to cancer patients, as well as several city parks.
	www.greenswardparks.org /books/rockefeller16.html (788 words)

	The Architect of Colonial Williamsburg
		Perry had but a brief opportunity to explore Williamsburg, a city that, he observed, had "retained—somehow—a charming quality." The ancient Main Building of the College of William and Mary, erected in 1695 and devastated by fire in 1705, 1859, and 1862, stood "much remodeled," and was in need of general repair.
		One of Chandler's top priorities was the repair and renovation of the Wren Building; in 1925 he negotiated with the army for the purchase of glazed-end brick from a colonial dwelling on Mulberry Island at Fort Eustis, a few miles away.
		Demolition of walls not part of the building of 1732, when its south wing was finished and colonial construction stopped, began that summer.
	www.history.org /Foundation/journal/Autumn04/perry.cfm (3020 words)

	Standard
		--> Originally developed by the Rockefeller family, the building evokes the era of the 1920's with impressive limestone colonnades, bronze trim and a gracious lobby detailed in marble and bronze.
		The Standard, once known as The Standard Oil Building and listed individually in the National Register of Historical Places, has been restored to capture the aura of its original splendor.
		The Standard is ideally located in the historic district of Mount Vernon, directly across the street from Preston Gardens.
	www.thestandardapts.net /about (225 words)

	Chicago 3
		The worlds tallest building, the Sears Tower, is easily identified by its multi tiered design and two communications antennae.
		Moving right is the column like, Standard Oil Building, and John Hancock Center, with dual antennae.
		Known as the windy city, Chicago is the third largest metropolitan area in the United States.
	www.retrocollection.com /pages/bchi3.htm (94 words)

	New York Architecture Images-STANDARD OIL BUILDING
		Built as the headquarters for John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, Carrere and Hastings' nine-story base follows the curve of Broadway.
		Following the breakup of the company in 1911 due to anti-trust laws, Shreeve, Lamb and Blake added a massive tower squared to the grid of the uptown streets.
		Begun as The Standard Oil Building, built by the Standard Oil Trust Organization, the earlier structure on the site (1884-1886 Ebenezer L Roberts) was only 10 stories tall.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /LM/LM008-STANDARDOILBUILDING.htm (188 words)

	Rebel Graphics :: ludlow_sinclairpickets
		This demonstration was known as a "mourning picket," due to Rockefeller's refusal to arbitrate the situation in the Colorado coal field.
		Sinclair returned to the scene of the streets and began pacing slowly in front of the big building, wearing on her sleeve a strip of crepe.
		Rockefeller remained secluded in his private office on the fourteenth floor of the building.
	www.rebelgraphics.org /ludlow_sinclairpickets.html (369 words)

	Cool Buildings of Jackson, Part two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Standard Oil Building, corner Amite and N. State Streets.
		This building is currently the home of the Mississippi Municipal Association.
		The building no longer serves as a school, but after recent renovations it houses the State Department of Education.
	home.millsaps.edu /beckea/Buildings2.html (318 words)

	q10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Aon Center,formerly called the Amoco Oil Building,formerly known as the Standard Oil Building, is the third tallest building in Chicago.
		The thin slabs of marble could not withstand Chicago's harsh climate, and they began to warp and fall off as soon as the building was completed.
		The plaza of the building has a wall which is a waterfall with a reflecting pool.
	faculty.ccc.edu /jtassin/virtualtour/q10.html (177 words)

	Chicago, Illinois 2
		This panoramic photograph of Chicago, Illinois from Blakeway Worldwide Panoramas was taken by James Blakeway.
		It features a spectacular dusk view of Chicago with the world's tallest building, the Sears Tower at 1454 and 110 floors, in the middle left of the photograph and beautiful Lakepoint Tower on the far right.
		The tall building in the center is the Standard Oil Building.
	www.retrocollection.com /pages/bchi2.htm (93 words)

	eBay - standard oil print, Advertising, Posters items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Standard Oil See Your West Print Book 27 prints +82More
		Standard Oil Company Of California - Color Prints, 1950
		Standard Oil 1954 Calendar - David Lockhart Prints
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=standard+oil+print&... (306 words)

	Guess the Location: Official Thread [Archive] - Wired New York Forum
		This building is stuck in my mind as the worse example of a dirty facade on a non-trivial building.
		The building directly behind to the right of the crane was the rear part of this 32 story building and about 2 floors were gone when this photo was taken.
		On the extreme right is the another part of this same building, it was sort of H shaped and the lighted area between both sections was an air/light shaft area.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-3618.html (5719 words)

	Lower Manhattan : News \| Downtown Lecture Series Proves a Hit
		In the grand lobby of the former Standard Oil Building at 26 Broadway, essayist Phillip Lopate transported a packed audience to a time when New York City was a bustling port as he presented his vision for keeping the city's waterfront thriving.
		To further highlight the area's rich past and architecture, the lectures have been held in rarely seen private spaces and grand landmarks: the U.S. Custom House Rotunda, the 60th floor of One Chase Manhattan Plaza, the lobby of the Equitable Building at 120 Broadway, and the former Standard Oil Building lobby at 26 Broadway.
		Goldberger spoke about the struggle to create and build one of the most challenging urban-design projects, the 16 acres where the former World Trade Center stood.
	www.lowermanhattan.info /news/downtown_lecture_series_proves_84833.asp (860 words)

	California-Pacific Expo, San Diego 1935-36
		Standard Oil Building at CPIE SD 1935 (vertical)
		Standard Oil Building AE SD 1935 (vertical) OP13088-6
		California State Building with Firestone Fountains in Foreground CPIE SD 1935 night view OP13088-4
	www.sandiegohistory.org /calpac/cardlist/bunnell.htm (408 words)

	EH.T: Re: EH.T: Museum of American Financial History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It was regarding > the return of a bust of John D. Rockefeller to the lobby of > the Standard Oil Building.
		I am posting this to eh.teach because the Museum might > be of interest for teaching purposes.
		Yes, it's in lower Manhattan, in the basement of the old Standard Oil building, at 28 Broadway.
	www.eh.net /pipermail/eh.teach/1998-October/001084.html (223 words)

	Standard Oil Building Posters: "Standard Oil Building" print
		Standard Oil Building Posters: "Standard Oil Building" print
		Find more Standard Oil Building Posters and Art Prints at Art.com
		We are proud members of the Co-Op America Business Network, the Better Business Bureau, the BBB Online program, and are Green E Certified.
	www.redjellyfish.com /posterstore/14573/standard-oil-building.html (131 words)

	General Building
		Kelley erected 22,000 tons of structural steel for the Standard Oil Headquarters building in downtown Cleveland.
		The Standard OIl building topping out at 46 stories and 630 feet high.
		Kelley erected 18,000 tons of structural steel on the 900 Michigan Avenue project in Chicago, Illinois.
	www.kelleysteel.com /general.htm (97 words)

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