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The Legacy at Millennium Park is a 72-story skyscraper in
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, Illinois, United States, located along S. Wabash Avenue, near E. Monroe Street. At , it is the 18th-tallest building in Chicago. The residential tower and
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podium, designed by the architectural firm Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz, contains 360 luxury condominium units and 460 parking spaces. The building includes of classroom space for the
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in the lower floors, athletic facilities for the neighboring University Club, a sky-bridge between the University Club and the building podium, and private amenities for tower residents including an athletics and aquatic center as well as residential lounges located throughout the tower. The building preserves the historic masonry and terracotta facades of the
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Jewelers Row District along Wabash Avenue. The building's narrow design is intended to maximize vantage points to
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and
Millennium Park Millennium Park is a public park located in the Chicago Loop, Loop Community areas of Chicago, community area of Chicago, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. The park, opened in July 2004, is a prominent civic center near t ...
from all residences in the tower.


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Facadism Facadism, façadism, or façadomy is the architectural and construction practice where the facade of a building is designed or constructed separately from the rest of a building, or when only the facade of a building is preserved with new buil ...
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The Heritage at Millennium Park The Heritage at Millennium Park, located at 130 N. Garland Court in Chicago, Illinois is a mixed-use tower. Completed in 2005, with a height of and 57 floors, the building was designed by the architectural firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz (archite ...
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List of tallest buildings in Chicago Chicago, the List of United States cities by population, third-largest city in the United States, is home to 1,397 completed high-rises, 56 of which stand taller than . The tallest building in the city is the 110-Storey, story Willi ...
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List of tallest buildings in the United States The world's first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885. Since then, the United States has been home to some of the world's tallest skyscrapers. New York City, and especially the borough of Manhattan, has the tallest skyline in the country. E ...
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List of tallest buildings in the world This is a list of the tallest buildings. Tall buildings, such as skyscrapers, are intended here as enclosed structures with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least . Such definition excludes non-building structures, such as tow ...
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List of tallest residential buildings in the world The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) defines a residential building as one where 85 percent or more of its total floor area is dedicated to residential usage. Currently, the tallest residential building in the world is Centr ...


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Solomon Cordwell Buenz Website Page For The LegacyDeveloper Website for The LegacyGoogle Earth Model
{{Chicago Skyscrapers Residential skyscrapers in Chicago Residential condominiums in Chicago University and college academic buildings in the United States Residential buildings completed in 2009 2009 establishments in Illinois