LaSalle Street canyon

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LaSalle Street canyon is a dramatic, skyscraper-lined stretch of LaSalle Street in Chicago’s Loop, famed for its dense urban walls and iconic views culminating at the Chicago Board of Trade Building.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf street canyon
urban landscape feature
associatedWith Chicago Board of Trade Building (original)
surface form: Chicago Board of Trade Building

Chicago Loop
surface form: Chicago financial district
characterizedBy dense concentration of skyscrapers
narrow visual corridor
tall building walls on both sides of the street
hasBuildingType historic high-rises
office skyscrapers
hasCity Chicago
hasCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
hasCulturalMeaning iconic representation of Chicago’s Loop
symbol of Chicago’s financial power
hasDistrict Loop
hasFunction backdrop for media productions
commuter traffic route
major financial district corridor
hasNotableUse location for commercial photography
location for establishing shots of Chicago
tourist photo spot
hasPerspective north–south axial view
hasPhotographicQuality strong linear perspective
symmetrical composition potential
hasPlanningSignificance illustration of early 20th-century high-rise development in Chicago
hasSkylineRole foreground corridor framing downtown skyline
hasState Illinois
hasStreetName LaSalle Street
hasTransportationMode automobile traffic
bus traffic
pedestrian traffic
hasUrbanCharacter high-density central business district
isExampleOf classic Chicago skyscraper canyon
knownFor appearance in films set in Chicago
appearance in photographs of Chicago
dramatic urban vistas
iconic view of the Chicago Board of Trade Building
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Chicago Loop
Illinois
LaSalle Street
United States of America
surface form: United States
partOf Chicago Loop
surface form: Chicago Loop street grid
streetType urban street segment
terminusView Chicago Board of Trade Building (original)
surface form: Chicago Board of Trade Building
urbanForm canyon-like street space
visualFocus Chicago Board of Trade Building (original)
surface form: Chicago Board of Trade Building

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