Richard J. Daley Center

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civic skyscraper courthouse government building modernist building office building

The Richard J. Daley Center is a prominent civic skyscraper and courthouse in downtown Chicago, known for housing major Cook County courtrooms and government offices as well as its iconic Picasso sculpture in the adjoining plaza.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Richard J. Daley Center canonical	10
Daley Center	5
Chicago Municipal Courts Building	1
Richard J. Daley Center Plaza	1
Richard J. Daley Center courthouse	1
Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T378433 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Richard J. Daley Center
Context triple: [Circuit Court of Cook County, hasBuilding, Richard J. Daley Center]

A. Cook County Building
The Cook County Building is a major government office structure in downtown Chicago that houses key administrative functions of Cook County.
B. Chicago Cultural Center
The Chicago Cultural Center is a landmark arts and civic building in downtown Chicago known for its free public cultural programming and stunning stained-glass domes.
C. Chicago City Hall
Chicago City Hall is the central municipal government building of Chicago, housing key city offices and serving as the primary location for official civic administration and proceedings.
D. Museum Campus Chicago
Museum Campus Chicago is a lakefront park and cultural complex in Chicago that unites major institutions like the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium around open green space and waterfront paths.
E. Water Tower Place
Water Tower Place is a major mixed-use skyscraper and shopping complex in Chicago, known for its prominent location along the city’s Magnificent Mile.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Richard J. Daley Center
Target entity description: The Richard J. Daley Center is a prominent civic skyscraper and courthouse in downtown Chicago, known for housing major Cook County courtrooms and government offices as well as its iconic Picasso sculpture in the adjoining plaza.

A. Cook County Building
The Cook County Building is a major government office structure in downtown Chicago that houses key administrative functions of Cook County.
B. Chicago Cultural Center
The Chicago Cultural Center is a landmark arts and civic building in downtown Chicago known for its free public cultural programming and stunning stained-glass domes.
C. Chicago City Hall
Chicago City Hall is the central municipal government building of Chicago, housing key city offices and serving as the primary location for official civic administration and proceedings.
D. Museum Campus Chicago
Museum Campus Chicago is a lakefront park and cultural complex in Chicago that unites major institutions like the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium around open green space and waterfront paths.
E. Water Tower Place
Water Tower Place is a major mixed-use skyscraper and shopping complex in Chicago, known for its prominent location along the city’s Magnificent Mile.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civic skyscraper ⓘ courthouse ⓘ government building ⓘ modernist building ⓘ office building ⓘ
adjacentTo	Daley Plaza ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modernism ⓘ
city	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Cook County, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Cook County
formerName	Chicago Cultural Center ⓘ surface form: Chicago Civic Center
hasFunction	courthouse ⓘ office space for government agencies ⓘ
hasPart	Picasso sculpture at Daley Plaza ⓘ surface form: Chicago Picasso sculpture Daley Plaza ⓘ
height	approximately 648 feet ⓘ
houses	City of Chicago government offices ⓘ Cook County Circuit Court courtrooms ⓘ Cook County government offices ⓘ
jurisdiction	Circuit Court of Cook County ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Chicago Loop ⓘ Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
materialUsed	Cor-Ten steel ⓘ glass ⓘ steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Richard J. Daley ⓘ
notableFor	Picasso sculpture ⓘ large open civic plaza ⓘ
numberOfFloors	30 ⓘ
openingDate	1965 ⓘ
owner	Windy City ⓘ surface form: City of Chicago Cook County, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Cook County
primaryUse	administrative ⓘ judicial ⓘ
publicTransitAccess	Clark/Lake station (CTA) ⓘ Washington station (CTA Blue Line) ⓘ Washington/Wells station (CTA) ⓘ multiple CTA bus routes ⓘ
regionServed	Cook County, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Cook County
usedFor	civic ceremonies ⓘ holiday markets ⓘ public events ⓘ rallies ⓘ
yearCompleted	1965 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Circuit Court of Cook County → hasBuilding → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Circuit Court of Cook County → mainCourthouse → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Holabird & Roche → notableWork → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chicago Municipal Courts Building

Loop → hasGovernmentBody → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Chicago Loop → contains → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Law Division → hearsCasesAt → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

subject surface form: Law Division (Circuit Court of Cook County)

Picasso sculpture at Daley Plaza → commissionedFor → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Daley Plaza → hasPart → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

Daley Plaza → adjacentTo → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richard J. Daley Center courthouse

Washington station → nearbyLandmark → Richard J. Daley Center ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington station (CTA Blue Line)