Box History
Not only is this Box's lucky number and the day we became a publicly traded company, but also shares the number of a famous basketball player.
What is 23?
On this date (month, day, and year) Box Chicago first opened its doors to Boxers.
What is March 8, 2022?
In this year Mrs O’Leary’s Cow was falsely accused of starting the Great Chicago Fire by kicking over a lantern.
What is 1871?
The Chicago Bulls of the 1990s won this many NBA titles
What is the number 6?
If a Chicagoan wants to know which way is east, they simply refer to where this body of water is.
What is Lake Michigan?
In 2010, Box CFO Dylan Smith appeared on this reality tv show in the hopes of finding love.
What is The Million Dollar Matchmaker?
The gravity snack dispenser signs in the lunch room mimic this iconic structure.
What is Wrigley Field?
In 1779, Chicago’s First Non-Native settler built the trading post that evolved into Chicago. With French and African parentage, he hailed from Haiti and settled in what was to become Chicago with his Potawatomi wife, Kittihawa. This man is now honored by having his name on a very important ‘drive’:
Who was Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable?
The Chicago Bears beat this team to win the Superbowl that one time.
Who are The New England Patriots?
This actor stars as Chef Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto in a very popular tv show set in Chicago
Who is Jeremy Allen White?
This American business man invested $350,000 in seed funding for Box back in 2005.
Who is Mark Cuban?
John Hughes, a Chicago native, directed many movies that were filmed in Chicago. One of the conference rooms is named after a particular scene from this 1986 comedy.
What is Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
The name ‘Chicago’ is derived from a 1692 French translation of the Potawatomi tribe’s name for the area, commonly translated into English as this vegetable:
What is ‘wild onion’
The Chicago White Sox swept this team to win the 2005 World Series, giving them their first World Championship in 88 years.
Who are the Houston Astros?
Known for its bitter taste, this Swedish-style liqueur is flavored with wormwood can can be found in some Chicago-area taverns and liquor stores, but is seldom seen elsewhere in the country.
What is Malort (Jeppesen’s Malort)?
This fake money was once given out at BoxWork for attendees to choose their own swag.
What were the Box Bux?
As of January 1, 2025, 123 N. Wacker is under this new management company.
Who is Sterling Bay?
Chicago is sometimes called “The City of Big Shoulders”. This poet came up with that nickname in his 1914 poem, ‘Chicago’.
Who was Carl Sandberg?
The Chicago Blackhawks were founded in this year.
What is 1926?
This music genre first emerged in a club called ‘The Warehouse’ on the Southside of Chicago in the late 1970s
What is House Music?
Box held its first annual conference, now known as BoxWorks, in January 2010, under this name.
What is Altitude?
The Second City Conference Room’s wall art features buildings from this event that showcased technological and cultural innovations, including the first Ferris wheel and the introduction of the zipper. Its legacy includes the Museum of Science and Industry and the Art Institute of Chicago.
What is The Chicago World's Fair or the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893?
In this year, Chicago successfully completed a massive and highly innovative engineering project to improve the quality of the city’s drinking water, reversing the flow of the Chicago River and routing it through a 28 mile canal so that it would empty into the Mississippi River rather than Lake Michigan.
What is 1900?
The Chicago Cubs were founded in 1876, and had three different names before they became the Cubs in 1903. This was their first name.
Who were the Chicago White Stockings? (they were also named the Colts (1890-1897) and the Orphans (1898-1902)
This iconic restaurant chain has over 40 locations in Chicago and was founded in 1950 at the corner of 47th Street and Kenwood.
What is Harold’s Chicken Shack? (Harold Pierce was the founder).