Park Place Tower

Park Place Tower
Park Place Tower seen from Lincoln Park and Irving Park road
General information
Status	Complete
Location	655 W. Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL 60613
Coordinates	41°57′17″N 87°38′51″W / 41.9546°N 87.6475°W / 41.9546; -87.6475Coordinates: 41°57′17″N 87°38′51″W / 41.9546°N 87.6475°W / 41.9546; -87.6475

Park Place Tower is located at 655 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Illinois and is a 56-story, 901-unit condominium tower located in the Lakeview neighborhood in the north side of Chicago. Park Place Tower is the tallest building in Chicago outside of downtown.^[1] Park Place Tower is one of the largest residential towers in Chicago at 530.5 feet (161.7 m).^[2]

Construction and renovation

The tower was initially built in 1971. The entire building was completely renovated and converted to a condominium building in a multi-million dollar project that lasted from 2001 until 2006.

Design awards

The Tower's redesign has earned many awards, including:

The Interior Design Institute of British Columbia's Best in Show for 2002
The Interior Design Institute of British Columbia's Gold Medal Award of Excellence for 2002
The Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago's Silver "Key Award" - Best Overall Community, Urban for 2002
The Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago's Silver "Key Award" - Clubhouse/Club Center, Urban for 2002
The Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago's Silver "Key Award" - Lobbies for 2002

References

↑ Park Place Tower Emporis buildings (retrieved 2007-03-14)
↑ Skyscraperpage.com

External links

Chicago Skyscrapers

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Selected towers with 20 or more floors	35 East Wacker 55 East Erie Street 77 West Wacker Drive 111 South Wacker Drive 155 North Wacker 181 West Madison Street 311 South Wacker Drive 330 North Wabash 333 North Michigan 333 Wacker Drive 340 on the Park 401 East Ontario 500 West Madison 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments 900 North Michigan 1700 East 56th Street ABN AMRO Plaza Allerton Hotel Aqua Bilandic Building Blackstone Hotel Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower Boeing International Headquarters Carbide & Carbon Building The Chandler Chase Tower Chicago Board of Trade Building Chicago Place Chicago Temple Building City Hall Square Building Civic Opera House Coast at Lakeshore East CNA Center Crain Communications Building Dirksen Federal Building Field Building Fisher Building FOUR40 Four Seasons Hotel Chicago Grant Thornton Tower Harbor Point Hilton Chicago Home Insurance Building Hyatt Center James R. Thompson Center Joffrey Tower Kluczynski Federal Building Lake Point Tower The Lancaster LaSalle-Wacker Building Legacy Tower Leo Burnett Building London Guarantee Building Marina City Masonic Temple Mather Tower Metropolitan Tower Montauk Building NBC Tower Olympia Centre One Magnificent Mile One Museum Park One North LaSalle One North Wacker One Prudential Plaza Outer Drive East Palmer House Hotel Palmolive Building Park Tower The Parkshore Peoples Gas Building Pittsfield Building Plaza 440 Powhatan Apartments The Regatta Regents Park Richard J. Daley Center River East Center Roanoke Building and Tower The Shoreham Skybridge The Buckingham The Fordham The Heritage at Millennium Park The Grant The Pinnacle Three First National Plaza The Tides Time-Life Building Tribune Tower Virgin Hotels Chicago Waldorf Astoria Chicago Water Tower Place Wrigley Building

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See also	Architecture Art Deco Chicago City Hall Chicago School Tallest buildings Washington Block

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Park Place Tower

Construction and renovation

Design awards

See also

References

External links