AT&T Corporate Center

The AT&T Corporate Center is a 60-story supertall skyscraper completed in 1989 to strengthten the central region headquarters of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T).

Overview
By the time of Midtown Madness, it stood as the fourth-tallest building in Chicago, and the ninth-tallest in the United States, with a height of 1,007 ft. Towering next to the Sears Tower, it contains 1.7 million sq ft in the Chicago Loop neighborhood of Downtown Chicago. Its main adress sits at 227 West Monroe Street, while 100 South Franklin Street is an alternate adress.

The AT&T Corporate Center was the tallest building erected in Chicago during the last quarter of the 20th century. It houses office and retail space, aswell as a 350-space garage (though not accessible in-game).

Named after AT&T - the company headquartered in the building - the building is one of the most renowned of Chicago. The elevator banks are spanned by an array of neo-deco light bands extending from wall to wall.

Its world famed-lobby (one of the most opulent and extravagant in Chicago) spans the entire block, to a giant entrance hall at Monroe Street, with a full height-atrium halfway through. It is ornamented with stylized lighting fixtures, and panneled with marble walls, and floors in brightly colored patterns.

The building was designed by American architect Adrian D. Smith, while he was still working for architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

The building distinguishes itself by its prominent aspect of tough vertical lines, sharp roof spires, and granite coating and setbacks. The granite is of profound red color at the bottom of the tower but switches to a lighter hue of rose-beige towards its apex.

Orignally, the building only measured 886 ft, but it was increased to 1,007 ft, when the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat included ornamental spires in the measurement, as a result of the Sears Tower - Petronat Towers feud.

Trivia

 * The location of the tower is different than in real-life. While in real-life, the building is situated just at the northeast of the Sears Tower, in-game it is located farther to the North, and closer to the Chicago River than it should be.
 * In addition, the building is not correctly axed. While in real-life, the building main entrance is facing the North, in-game it faces the West.
 * The AT&T Corporate Center "sister-building", the USG Building (which is linked with the A&T Corporate Center through the atrium) is missing from the game. Hence, contrary to its real equivalent, the whole complex does not extend on an entire city block, but is rather confined on a corner of said block in-game.