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Grading Chicago's Latest Skyscraper

Posted by: Brenda Meyer

25 October 2005 - 9:00am

Heritage at Millennium Park, the latest skyscraper to grace Chicago's already dense skyline, is already garnering a lot of attention.

"Rising directly across Michigan Avenue from its namesake park, the 59-story, nearly 631-foot condo tower is taller than the old Prudential Building, which used to be the city's tallest skyscraper. It also happens to be one of the tallest residential buildings next to the Loop, offering the latest sign, besides Donald Trump's supertall riverfront hotel-condo tower, that skyscrapers now are as likely to be places where people live as where they work."

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Source: The Chicago Tribune, October 25, 2005
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