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860–880 Lake Shore Drive (left) has windows attached to structure, not to mullions; Esplanade Apartments at 900–910 Lake Shore Drive (right) were first true curtain-wall high-rises. This building, like many of his Chicago high-rise structures, caused controversy in the pure minimalist community due to its mullions.
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 ...
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.
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.
[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 ]
Coast at Lakeshore East (sometimes Coast), originally known as Lakeshore East Building 2-A, [1] is a 46-story residential skyscraper in the Lakeshore East development in the Loop community area of downtown Chicago. The building is located at 345 East Wacker Drive. It is the eighth 21st century skyscraper at Lakeshore East. [3]
The towers used to have a Lake Shore Drive addresses (5020 & 5050 South Lake Shore Dr.) although the main entrance is now on the west side of the building and the official address has since been changed to 5035 S. East End. The towers were renovated in approximately 1990. [1] A significant proportion of the residents attend the University of ...
He suggested a steel curtain wall that would be encased in brick on two sides. On the other two sides, east and west, he recommended floor-to-ceiling windows between I-beam mullions running the height of the building. Greenwald rejected this design, although he would later approve a similar design for his 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments ...