680 N Lake Shore Drive - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
680 N Lake Shore Drive - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
680 N Lake Shore Drive (a.k.a. Lake Shore Place) is a 29-story building located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Originally named the American Furniture Mart, was completed in 1926. The two halves were designed separately: the eastern half by Raeder, George C. Nimmons, and Max Dunning; and the western half by Nimmons and Dunning alone.Alice Sinkevitch and Laurie McGovern Petersen, The AIA Guide to Chicago, 3rd Edition (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2014), p.144 At 474 ft (144 m) tall and encompassing the entire block between Lake Shore Drive and McClurg Court, it was the largest building in the world when it was completed. Read more on Wikipedia
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