Over the decades, the buildings in downtown Chicago have gotten larger, more flamboyant and added lots of colors. This view along West Congress Parkway is a great example. In the middle is the 16 floor, brown Manhattan Building that opened in 1891. Behind it is the 44 story CNA Center that was painted a bright red when it was built in 1973. The green pediment belongs to the 1991 Harold Washington Library. And in 2012, the Roosevelt University Building, also called the Vertical Campus, became one of the newest skyscrapers in the skyline with its blue glass cladding.
