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Here I present you a video of the Vertical Expansion of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Building in Chicago. 25 floors will be added to the existing building. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower (BCBS) is located on the north end of Grant Park along E. Randolph St. at the NE corner of Randolph and Columbus, in Chicago, United States of America. The building's address is 300 E. Randolph. The building is located next to the Aon Center and original plans hoped to connect the two buildings via an underground pedway but the plans never came to fruition. BCBS was originally designed to allow for many more floors to be built later as market conditions warrant and indeed in the center of the building you can see a large open space where more elevators can be inserted into the building to accommodate additional floors. The building was completed in 1997 and the large expanse of windows facing Grant Park are often used to spell out words to commemorate or celebrate events and happenings in Chicago. There is a Subway eatery and a Dunkin Donuts in the basement. In 2006 the City of Chicago granted a building permit to Health Care Service Corporation dba Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois to build up instead of out; once completed (planned for 2010) the "new" tower will be 57 stories and will be the first project in Chicago to build up. Over 2,000 employees were moved because of the construction. As of December 2007, a construction crane can be seen on the roof of the building to facilitate with the expansion. Photocredits as usual to the awesome guys of skyscraperpage and skyscrapercity.com Music: Trans Balear - Crosses