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A worker uses a blowtorch to dismantle structural beams at the Aon Center plaza on Jan. 14, 2021, in downtown Chicago. The underutilized, multilevel plaza along the south side of the building is being redesigned.
John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune
A worker uses a blowtorch to dismantle structural beams at the Aon Center plaza on Jan. 14, 2021, in downtown Chicago. The underutilized, multilevel plaza along the south side of the building is being redesigned.
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The owner of Aon Center, one of Chicago’s biggest office towers, is investing $6.5 million to demolish and redesign its half-acre plaza in anticipation of greater demand for outdoor space in a post-pandemic downtown.