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Originally Posted by 10023
Question - is this the tower that was supposed to have an open gap at the bottom in an earlier iteration of the master plan? Because they would have actually been pretty cool given its view-terminating location. But probably not practicable for such a tall tower, either.
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You might be thinking of the Arquitectonica Tower, a proposed 840ft. building, with a gap near the top, not the bottom. It, too, listed its address as 375 E. Wacker.
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A description of the project at the time read as follows-
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375 East Wacker is a 76-story mixed-use skyscraper planned for the Lakeshore East area of Chicago. The façade will be mostly glass with limestone accents and the façade will be lit with LEDs which would change colors with the seasons. North Field Drive will pass under the structure. There will be a large cutout of about 20 floors in the middle of the building, something akin to the Grande Arche building in Paris. It is planned to house a five-star hotel with 224 suites, 671 condominiums and six stories of underground parking. Construction is planned to start by mid-2008.
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Here's a link to the original forum thread for the Arquitectonica Tower.