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| 1700 East 56th Street |
The tallest building in Chicago south of 13th Street.
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| Information |
| Location |
1700 E. 56th Street.
Chicago, Illinois |
| Status |
Complete |
| Constructed |
1968 |
| Roof |
376 feet (115 m) |
| Floor count |
38 |
| Companies |
| Architect |
Loewenberg & Loewenberg |
1700 East 56th Street, also known as 1700 Building, is a 38-story luxury apartment building overlooking Lake Michigan and adjacent to Jackson Park and the Museum of Science and Industry in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States that was designed by Loewenberg[1], construction completed in 1968[2]. It is a residential building that was converted to condominiums in 1994.[3] With 369 residences, this was the largest Hyde Park condominium conversion in a decade,[4] when a recession and soaring interest rates halted Chicago's condo conversion frenzy.[5]
In a city that hosts 6 of the 40 tallest buildings in the world and 10 of the top 100, with more under construction, this is the tallest Chicago building on the South Side. More precisely, it is the tallest building south of 13th street in the city.[6] The significance of this statement is more evident after considering the map of Community areas of Chicago and noting that Roosevelt Road (12th street) is the border between area 32 and 33. This building would be a prominent addition to many US city tallest building lists.
The condominium conversion had five different unit designs, each named after a famous Chicago architect:[4]
- The Adler, a 569-square-foot studio unit
- The Burnham, a 793 square foot 1-bedroom, 1-bath unit
- The Sullivan, a 1,166-square-foot , a 2-bedroom, 2-bath unit
- The Mies van der Rohe, a 1263 square foot corner 2-bedroom, 2-bath unit
- the Wright, a 1648-square-foot corner 3-bedroom, 3-bath unit
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