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Old Posted Jan 23, 2007, 11:32 PM
pherek pherek is offline
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For Your Consideration...

Chicago currently has 13 buildings over 700 ft:

1. Sears Tower, 1451 ft
2. Aon Center, 1136 ft
3. Hancock Building, 1127 ft
4. AT & T Corporate Center, 1007 ft
5. 2 Prudential Plaza, 995 ft
6. 311 S Wacker, 961 ft
7. 900 N Michigan, 871 ft
8. Water Tower Place, 859 ft
9. Chase Tower, 850 ft
10. Park Tower, 844 ft
11. First Third National Plaza, 767 ft
12. Chicago Title & Trust Building, 756 ft
13. Olympia Center, 725 ft

Median height: 871 ft; Mean height: 950 ft

Chicago currently has 15 buildings over 700 ft that are either under construction or proposed:

1. Chicago Spire, 2000 ft
2. Trump Tower Chicago, 1362 ft
3. Waterview Tower, 1047 ft

4. Park Michigan, 866 ft
5. Intercontinental North Tower, 850 ft
6. Mandarin Oriental International, 833 ft
7. Legacy at Millennium Park, 822 ft
8. Aqua, 815 ft

9. 560 North Fairbanks, 787 ft
10. 300 North Lasalle, 784 ft
11. Cityfront Plaza Tower III, 750 ft
12. Blue Cross Blue Shield, 743 ft
13. One Museum Park, 734 ft

14. 680 North Rush, 730 ft
15. The Elysian, 700 ft

Median height: 815 ft; Mean height: 921 ft

red = construction/site prep

This is incredible!!!!! Chicago may more than duplicate its skyline in a matter of 10 years!!! Now that is worth a dancing banana.

Last edited by Steely Dan; Jan 24, 2007 at 3:48 AM.