Harbor Point (skyscraper)

Built in 1972, Harbor Point Condominiums is a residential and commercial building in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on Lake Michigan. It was the first original condominium building in the city.

Harbor Point


General information
Status	Complete
Type	Residential condominium
Coordinates	41°53′5.92″N 87°36′53.39″W
Completed	1972
Owner	Private
Height
Antenna spire	168 m (551 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	54
Design and construction
Architect	Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz and Associates

View from the harbor.

Overview

Standing nearly 168 metres (551 ft) with 54 floors,[1] it is among the tallest buildings in Chicago.

The building has views of both Grant and Millennium Parks and sits on Chicago's Monroe Harbor.

Residents of the 742 units have access to the amenities such as an indoor pool and hot tub, outdoor sun deck, work-out facility, indoor basketball and racquetball courts, a hobby room for messy projects, a lounge with free wi-fi, an indoor children's playroom, two large hospitality rooms, private outdoor garden and park, valet parking and full-time doormen and security.

The building has 22 commercial businesses, primarily located on the lower level such as a dry cleaner, grocery store, and realty agents.

Position in Chicago's skyline

References

http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=harborpoint-chicago-il-usa

Chicago skyscrapers
Tallest buildings	875 North Michigan Avenue (formerly John Hancock Center) Aon Center Franklin Center Trump International Hotel and Tower Two Prudential Plaza Willis Tower
Selected buildings with 20 or more floors	35 East Wacker 55 East Erie Street 77 West Wacker Drive 110 North Wacker 111 South Wacker Drive 151 North Franklin 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 The Blackstone Hotel Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower Boeing International Headquarters Builders Building 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 Essex on the Park 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 NEMA Olympia Centre One Bennett Park One Magnificent Mile One Museum Park One North LaSalle One North Wacker One Prudential Plaza Optima Signature Outer Drive East Palmer House Hotel Palmolive Building Park Tower The Parkshore Peoples Gas Building Pittsfield Building Plaza 440 Powhatan Apartments Presidential Towers 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 Wolf Point East Tower Wrigley Building
Chicago Landmark skyscrapers with 12 or more floors	300 West Adams Building The Arc at Old Colony Auditorium Building Brooks Building Bryn Mawr Apartment Hotel Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building Chicago Building Gage Group Buildings Heyworth Building Hilliard Towers Apartments Inland Steel Building Manhattan Building Marquette Building Marshall Field and Company Building Monadnock Building Mundelein College Skyscraper Building New York Life Insurance Building Reliance Building Rookery Building
See also	Architecture Art Deco Chicago City Hall Chicago School Washington Block

Lakeshore East
20th Century Buildings	400 East Randolph Street Condominiums Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower The Buckingham Harbor Point The Parkshore Swissôtel Chicago Three Illinois Center North Harbor Tower
21st Century Masterplan	340 on the Park 375 East Wacker Drive Aqua Benton Place Parkhomes The Chandler Coast at Lakeshore East Lakeshore East Building 1-K Lakeshore East Building 2-O Lakeshore East Building 3-I Lakeshore East Building 3-J Lakeshore East Building 3-L The Lancaster The Park at Lakeshore East The Regatta The Shoreham The Tides Village Market Center
Surroundings environs	Chicago Pedway Chicago River Columbus Drive Grant Park Illinois Center Lake Shore Drive Lake Michigan Millennium Park New Eastside Randolph Street Wacker Drive

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Harbor Point (skyscraper)

Overview

See also

Position in Chicago's skyline

References