Hancock Tower was plagued with problems even before construction started.

In small white print at the bottom were the words: 'John Hancock Tower'.

Enjoy the Grand Tour of Chicago and a visit to the Hancock Tower!

When the Hancock Tower was finished in 1976, it was the tallest building in New England.

These and other problems led to media comparisons with the disastrous Hancock Tower.

The Hancock Tower had other problems as well.

Their journey includes a trip to an annual sports banquet on the top floor of the Hancock Tower.

That determined fatalism has become commonplace among the 1,100 people who live in the 100-story, 1,127-foot Hancock Tower.

In 1972, Cobb's design of the Hancock Tower took the glass monolith skyscraper concept to new heights.

The joke was that the Hancock Tower was "the world's tallest plywood building".