almost a cliche now, as so many other flickr-eenos have taken a similar photograph.
West Loop – historic Beaux Arts-style building that used to house the coal-fired generators and boilers for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad, now converted into retail, office, restaurant space.
[view large on black: www.b12partners.net/photoblog/index.php?showimage=166 ]
I blogged about the conversion sometime ago, but am too lazy to look for the link at the moment