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Lakeshore East Building I

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A historic scene from 1943 showing trucks unloading at a rail yard in Chicago, with the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower visible in the background.

Lakeshore East Building I

Lakeshore East Building I is a tall building being built in Chicago as part of the Lakeshore East project. It will be 950 feet tall, about as high as stacking 29 school buses together! The building is located just south of Wacker Drive and west of Lake Shore Drive, near 300 North Lake Shore Drive.

Before this building was planned, the area was used by the Illinois Central Railroad for their train yards. In the 1990s, there was even a small golf course there. Now, people want to build homes and offices in this special spot.

Making this area nice and easy to walk around was a challenge because of the three-level streets. Builders decided to place shops and doors at different levels so people could enjoy walking and visiting the park in the center. The Chicago Plan Commission approved plans for this building in October 2018. It is one of four new tall buildings planned for the area. Construction was set to begin after two other buildings, called Cirrus and Cascade, started being built in the summer of 2019.

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