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NBC Chicago is reporting on the start of planned demolition work for the Thompson Center in advance of a $280 million makeover that will turn the famed Helmut Jahn-designed building into a new office space for Google for 2026. Work will cover the exterior glass curtain facade and interior atrium...
'Monument with Standing Beast' — nicknamed "Snoopy in a Blender" — has stood in front of the former state office building for decades. But Google, the building's new owner, has begun an extensive renovation.
Monument with Standing Beast, which lives outside the Thompson Center in the Chicago Loop, is moving to state facility, JB Pritzker's office said.
The sculpture has been in place for the last 40 years! Time for a move. -Dave and Kim
With its recent $105 million purchase of the State of Illinois Center in downtown Chicago, the tech giant reimagines the future for an unappreciated government complex.