Legacy at Millennium Park

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The Legacy at Millennium Park
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Legacy Tower from Grant Park
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Legacy at Millennium Park (Illinois)
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Legacy at Millennium Park (the United States)
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeMixed
LocationS. Wabash Ave. and E. Monroe St., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates 41°52′53″N87°37′32″W / 41.881435°N 87.625657°W / 41.881435; -87.625657
Construction started2006
Completed2009 [1]
Height
Roof819 ft (250 m)
Technical details
Floor count72
Floor area1,072,613 sq ft (99,649.0 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates
Developer Mesa Development LLC
Main contractorWalsh Construction Company
Website
www.goldcoastrealty-chicago.com/loop/the-legacy-at-millennium-park-condos-for-sale-or-rent.php

The Legacy at Millennium Park is a 72-story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, United States, located along S. Wabash Avenue, near E. Monroe Street. At 822 feet (251 meters), it is the seventeenth-tallest building in Chicago.

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The residential tower and mixed-use podium, designed by the architectural firm Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz, contains 360 luxury condominium units and 460 parking spaces. [2] The building includes 41,000 sq ft (3,800 m2) of classroom space for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago 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 Chicago Landmark Jewelers Row District along Wabash Avenue.

The building's narrow design is intended to maximize vantage points to Lake Michigan and Millennium Park from all residences in the tower. [3]

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The Legacy Tower is on the right of this skyline as seen from Grant Park, looking towards the Petrillo Music Shell. Skyline de Chicago desde el centro, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-20, DD 06.jpg
The Legacy Tower is on the right of this skyline as seen from Grant Park, looking towards the Petrillo Music Shell.
  1. "Chicago Architecture Information - Legacy at Millennium Park".
  2. Official Architecture Firm Website for The Legacy [ permanent dead link ]
  3. "The Legacy at Millennium Park, Chicago | 229842 | EMPORIS". Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.