Quote Originally Posted by casscorridor View Post
I agree. But there is also the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building in NYC and Sears Tower and John Hancock Building in Chicago. So sometimes buildings have iconic names that no one would dare change... could even argue this for Fisher Building, Penobscot Building and Renaissance Center. Dime Building was never on that level, and overshadowed by the other skyscrapers in the area. Personally, I find myself confusing it with the Ford Building.


It's interesting that this discussion is taking place just as our Santa Fe Building, where I work here in Chicago, is potentially about to be renamed the Motorola Building [[which to me seems hardly suiting for a 1904 terra cotta Beaux Arts high rise by Daniel Burnham).