Walk west on Jackson two blocks, stopping at LaSalle Street.

The Chicago Board of Trade sits majestically at the head of LaSalle Street, the heart of Chicago’s financial district. The canyon of skyscrapers which forms south LaSalle Street was the first of its kind in the world, and includes numerous banks, financial institutions, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

The 45-story, 609-foot Chicago Board of Trade -- designed by architects John A. Holabird and John Wellborn Root, Jr. -- is Chicago’s premier Art Deco building. Completed in 1930 during the peak of the Art Deco movement, the building features many popular Art Deco characteristics including Indiana limestone piers, dark windows, and a strong vertical emphasis.

Originally built as a place to trade agricultural products like corn and wheat, the building is topped with a 31-foot Art-Deco stylized statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of grains. Today, the Chicago Board of Trade is home to the largest -- and oldest -- financial and agricultural futures and options trading exchange in the world.

During normal business hours, you can step inside to view the building’s ornate, Art Deco interior lobby.

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