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One Museum Park
Information
Location 1215 South Prairie Ave
Chicago, Illinois
Status Under Construction
Est. Completion 2008
Opening 2008 (est.)
Use Residential
Height
Roof 224m (734 ft)
Technical Details
Floor count 62
Companies
Architect Pappageorge/Haymes, Ltd.

One Museum Park will be the tallest building in the Central Station development and the tallest in Chicago south of Van Buren Street. It will also be the tallest all-residential building in Chicago, and the second-tallest all-residential building in the United States upon its completion, surpassed only by Trump World Tower in New York City. Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, The City of Big Shoulders The 312 Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 0 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Trump World Tower Trump World Tower, as seen from the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...


Museum Park is a complex of multiple residential towers within the Central Station development at the southern edge of Grant Park, across Lake Shore Drive from Chicago's Museum Campus. Construction of One Museum Park will be followed by the 54-story One Museum Park West, directly to the west at the corner of Roosevelt Road and Indiana Avenue. The Taste of Chicago is held in Grant Park annually around Independence Day. ... Lake Shore Drive (LSD) is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and next to Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the northernmost part, it is designated as part of U.S. Highway 41. ... Museum Campus Chicago is a 10 acre (40,000 m²) lakefront park in Chicago that surrounds the Adler Planetarium, the Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum of Natural History. ...


Education

When One Museum Park opens, the building will be zoned to schools in the Chicago Public Schools. Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians, is a school district that controls over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois. ...


The tower will be zoned to:

See also

This is a list of famous or notable buildings with articles about them. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). ... Chicago downtown Chicago has the tallest building in the United States, the Sears Tower, and many slightly shorter buildings, almost all in the Loop or along North Michigan Avenue. ... The 400 North Lake Shore Drive is going to be 2,000 feet tall and is expected to be completed in 2010. ... For many millennia the record holder for worlds tallest structure was clearly defined (see table below. ...

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