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The Chicago Spire was a skyscraper project in Chicago that was partially built between 2007 and 2008 before being cancelled. Located at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive , it would have stood 2,000 feet (610 m) high with 150 floors and been the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
Lake Shore Drive (officially Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive; [2] [3] also known as DuSable Lake Shore Drive, [4] the Outer Drive, [5] the Drive, LSD or DLSD) is a semi-limited access expressway that runs alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan and its adjacent parkland and beaches in Chicago, Illinois.
List of residential condominiums in Chicago, Illinois; 0–9. 55 East Erie Street; 113 East Roosevelt (Phase II) ... 474 North Lake Shore Drive; 680 N Lake Shore ...
The Chicago Dock and Canal Trust kept the option to build but agreed not to build on the site. [1] In 1987, Mayor Harold Washington dedicated the parcel as "DuSable Park" in honor of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the first known settler of Chicago. [1] The Chicago Park District took ownership of the land at DuSable Park in 1988 via a quit claim ...
This 83-year-old Chicago senior has lived in South Shore for 50 years — now she keeps getting offers to buy her home ‘as is.’ Why outside investors are gobbling up properties in the area ...
The St. Regis Chicago, a condominium/hotel combination that is now the third tallest building in Chicago, began construction in August 2016 and was completed in 2020. [ 27 ] Lakeshore East is a venture of Magellan Development Group LLC, a recently formed corporate partnership culminating a long-term collaboration between Magellan Development ...
The Seven Houses on Lake Shore Drive District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The district was built between 1889 and 1917 by various architects including Benjamin Marshall, Holabird & Roche, Howard Van Doren Shaw, and McKim, Mead & White. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 28, 1989. [1]
[8] [9] The Chicago Plan Commission, Chicago's zoning committee and the Chicago City Council approved the final plans of the Chicago Spire in April and May 2007. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] By October 2008, the late-2000s recession led to the suspension of construction and a $11.34 million ( USD ) lien on the construction site. [ 13 ]