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Condominium building in Chicago, Illinois
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1700 East 56th Street 20070602 1700 East 56th Street.JPG 250 The tallest building in Chicago south of 13th Street 1700 E. 56th Street.Chicago, Illinois 41.7936 -87.5831 type:landmark_region:US-IL inline,title 1968 376 ft m 40 Loewenberg & Loewenberg http://www.1700e56thst.org https://www.emporis.com/buildings/117193 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306091651/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/117193 usurped March 6, 2016 Emporis building ID 117193 Emporis
left|200px|thumb|Community areas of Chicago (12th street is the border between area 32 and area 33).
1700 East 56th Street, also known as 1700 Building, is a 40-story luxury apartment building overlooking Lake Michigan and adjacent to Jackson Park and the Museum of Science and Industry in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Designed by Loewenberg Architects,Loewenberg architects its construction was completed in 1968,http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/965/1700_East_56th_Street.php. Chicago Skyline July 22, 2007 September 28, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070928202054/http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/965/1700_East_56th_Street.php. dead followed by a condominium conversion in 1994.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB421BBED5C226C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM July 21, 2007 May 24, 1994 Chicago Sun-Times Sun-Times News Group Condo Conversion Is Largest In Decade for Hyde Park With 369 residences, this was the largest Hyde Park condominium conversion in a decade,http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB421C222BE2CDA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Condo Models Debut in Hyde Park Building July 24, 2007 June 12, 1994 Bill Cunniff Chicago Sun-Times
when a recession and soaring interest rates halted Chicago's condo conversion frenzy..http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB422315CE7E55F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM MAKING IT MOVE : How to Buy a Condo that Will Sell July 24, 2007 June 25, 1995 Jean Guarino Chicago Sun-Times
This is the tallest building in Chicago south of 13th Street.http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1700east56street-chicago-il-usa https://web.archive.org/web/20070218225117/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1700east56street-chicago-il-usa usurped February 18, 2007 1700 East 56th Street Emporis June 4, 2007 2007
The condominium conversion had five different unit designs, each named after a famous Chicago architect:
The Adler, a 569 sqft m2 on studio unit
The Burnham, a 793 sqft m2 on1-bedroom, 1-bath unit
The Sullivan, a 1166 sqft m2 on, a 2-bedroom, 2-bath unit
The Mies van der Rohe, a 1263 sqft m2 on corner 2-bedroom, 2-bath unit
the Wright, a 1648 sqft m2 on corner 3-bedroom, 3-bath unit
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Category:Residential skyscrapers in Chicago
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1968
Category:Residential condominiums in Chicago
Category:1968 establishments in Illinois