Richard J. Daley Center

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civic skyscraper courthouse government building modernist building office building

The Richard J. Daley Center is a prominent civic skyscraper and courthouse in downtown Chicago, known for housing major Cook County courtrooms and government offices as well as its iconic Picasso sculpture in the adjoining plaza.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chicago Municipal Courts Building	1
Daley Center	1
Richard J. Daley Center courthouse	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civic skyscraper ⓘ courthouse ⓘ government building ⓘ modernist building ⓘ office building ⓘ
adjacentTo	Daley Plaza ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modernism ⓘ
city	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Cook County, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Cook County
formerName	Chicago Cultural Center ⓘ surface form: Chicago Civic Center
hasFunction	courthouse ⓘ office space for government agencies ⓘ
hasPart	Picasso sculpture at Daley Plaza ⓘ surface form: Chicago Picasso sculpture Daley Plaza ⓘ
height	approximately 648 feet ⓘ
houses	City of Chicago government offices ⓘ Cook County Circuit Court courtrooms ⓘ Cook County government offices ⓘ
jurisdiction	Circuit Court of Cook County ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Chicago Loop ⓘ Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
materialUsed	Cor-Ten steel ⓘ glass ⓘ steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Richard J. Daley ⓘ
notableFor	Picasso sculpture ⓘ large open civic plaza ⓘ
numberOfFloors	30 ⓘ
openingDate	1965 ⓘ
owner	Windy City ⓘ surface form: City of Chicago Cook County, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Cook County
primaryUse	administrative ⓘ judicial ⓘ
publicTransitAccess	Clark/Lake station (CTA) ⓘ Washington station (CTA Blue Line) ⓘ Washington/Wells station (CTA) ⓘ multiple CTA bus routes ⓘ
regionServed	Cook County, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Cook County
usedFor	civic ceremonies ⓘ holiday markets ⓘ public events ⓘ rallies ⓘ
yearCompleted	1965 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daley Plaza → adjacentTo → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richard J. Daley Center courthouse

Picasso sculpture at Daley Plaza → commissionedFor → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Chicago Loop → contains → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Circuit Court of Cook County → hasBuilding → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Loop → hasGovernmentBody → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Daley Plaza → hasPart → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Law Division → hearsCasesAt → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

subject surface form: Law Division (Circuit Court of Cook County)

Circuit Court of Cook County → mainCourthouse → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Washington station → nearbyLandmark → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington station (CTA Blue Line)

this entity surface form: Daley Center

Holabird & Roche → notableWork → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chicago Municipal Courts Building