The Heritage at Millennium Park

Identification

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Structure in general

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Facts

• The building is connected directly to the Chicago Cultural Center and the Macy's at State Street by the underground Loop Pedway System.
• A newly commissioned sculpture by Richard Hunt titled 'We Will' was installed on the north sidewalk at the time of completion.
• The facade of the tower is articulated by horizontal bands at 6 floor intervals.
• The original façades of three small buildings on Wabash Avenue have been preserved and incorporated into this building.
• The basement and first two floors hold 100,000 ft² of retail space, connected to the Marshall Field's department store via pedway under Wabash Avenue.
• The facade has concave and convex curves, each topped with a row of vertical piers. This design relects the semicircular peristyle nearby in Millennium Park.
• Views of Lake Michigan and Grant Park are protected by the presence of the low-rise Chicago Cultural Center on the eastern half of the block, which is an official city landmark.
• In exchange for property rights to a Fannie May candy store at Randolph & Wabash, the developers gave the candy company a 25-year lease in the new building.
• This was the tallest residential building in the Loop when it was completed.