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Encyclopedia > Park Tower Condominium (Chicago)
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Park Tower Condominium is a lakefront high-rise residential building located at 5415 North Sheridan Road, in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x536, 207 KB) Summary Site of the Edgewater Beach Hotel. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x536, 207 KB) Summary Site of the Edgewater Beach Hotel. ... Sheridan Road is a major north-south thoroughfare that leads from Diversey Parkway[1] in Chicago, Illinois, north to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and beyond. ... The Saint Ita Catholic Church bell tower has long been used by community residents and businesses as the symbol of Edgewater on signage and other media. ...


Constructed in 1973, the tower is 55 stories tall total & 513 feet high (the 2nd tallest structure outside of downtown Chicago). It is one of the largest all-residential buildings in Chicago.


Designed by Chicago architectural firm Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz and Associates, the building was originally planned to be part of a 3-tower complex.


The building was originally constructed as rental apartments, but was converted to condominiums in 1979.


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). ... Downtown Chicago from the northwest Chicago has the tallest building in the United States, the Sears Tower, and many slightly shorter buildings, almost all in the Loop or along the Magnificent Mile. ... This list of tallest buildings in the United States ranks skyscrapers in the United States based on official height. ... For many millennia the record holder for worlds tallest structure was clearly defined (see table below. ...

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