The Smith Tower, on the other hand, remains a one-of-a-kind treasure. (And one that, incidentally, Ivar Haglund once owned.) You younger 'uns may be astonished to know that when I was your age or younger, the Smith Tower (which you can hardly even see nowadays unless you're on the west sidewalk of Second Avenue) was the tallest building west of the Mississippi. This was back before they built the EMP ;-)...

Liland