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Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago

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Erin Lavin Cabonargi

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About the Public Building Commission of Chicago

Recognizing the need for professional management of public construction projects, Mayor Richard J. Daley in 1956 formed the Public Building Commission of Chicago to oversee and help ensure quality facilities, an important goal that continues to lie at the heart of the organization. PBC Chairman Mayor Richard M. Daley is joined on the board by 10 other Chicago business and civic leaders whose dedication to the city and its communities has led them to volunteer their time.

The Daley Center with steel sculpture designed by Pablo Picasso

Since its inception almost 45 years ago, the PBC has enhanced education, safety and recreation in every community by building and renovating hundreds of schools, libraries, parks, police stations and other facilities. As part of Mayor Daley's Neighborhoods Alive! 21 program, the PBC over the next four years will build or restore more than 100 public facilities, marking the most productive period in its history.

PBC clients include the City of Chicago, Cook County, Chicago Public Library, the Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Park District and City Colleges. Beginning with land acquisition, the PBC's professional staff manage each project through planning, environmental assessment, architectural drawings, construction and interior design, functioning as an important link between clients and contractors.

The PBC's first major construction project was the Chicago Civic Center, which continues to be its headquarters. Started in 1963 and opened in 1966, it was re-dedicated the Richard J. Daley Center in 1976 to honor the late mayor shortly after his death. Heralded around the country as an architectural gem, the open, modern design of the Daley Center revolutionized government structures in Chicago and throughout the nation.

A year after the Civic Center was complete, the City of Chicago commissioned Pablo Picasso to create a steel sculpture to grace the facility's grand plaza. This work of art helped establish the Daley Center as one of Chicago's most important architectural landmarks and has become a distinctive symbol of the city itself.