The Hancock Center, on the Gulf Coast, was completely gutted by the massive tidal surge.

The main campus was shut down for three weeks due to damages and the Hancock Center was shut down for four weeks.

There is an irony to this whole business, given how woefully second rate the base of the Hancock Center actually is.

For the ground-level open space, mediocre as it is, is critical to the meaning of the Hancock Center as a skyscraper.

The Hancock Center is not a skyscraper meant to spring up from a trendy, 1980's-style glass-enclosed atrium.

The Hancock Center is known in Chicago as "Big John."

The decline of Hancock Center could be traced to the opening of the fully enclosed Highland Mall in 1970.

The store is in the Hancock Center.

Over the years, buildings like the 100-story Hancock Center have been lobbied by bird aficionados.

Nowadays, the Hancock Center is much more bird-sensitive and is even getting an Audubon Society award this year.