La fontaine du centenaire est située sur la rive nord de la rivière Chicago sur McClurg Court dans le secteur de Near North Side à Chicago. Cette fontaine a été construite en 1989 pour célébrer le 100e anniversaire du Metropolitan Water District of Greater Chicago (organisme chargé de la distribution d'eau dans le Grand Chicago), peut-être mieux connu pour ses grandes réalisations comme l'inversion du débit de la rivière Chicago en 1900.
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The Nicholas J. Melas Centennial Fountain is located on the north bank of the Chicago River at McClurg Court in Near North Side, Chicago. It was dedicated in 1989, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, perhaps best known for its major achievement in reversing the flow of the Chicago River in 1900; and in 1999, this system was named a "Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium" by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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River Esplanade Park is a 1.12-acre park in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
The park features Centennial Fountain, which was designed by Lohan Associates.
The land for the park was one of three parcels of land that the Chicago Dock and Canal Trust donated to the Chicago Park District in 1988 for the creation of new parks. The other two parcels were the land for Ogden Plaza Park and DuSable Park.
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and Residence Tower Chicago is a planned hotel and condominium skyscraper that would have been 1,265 feet tall. The Prime Group was in charge of the project, which was proposed at a cost of $610 million. The building would have been located one block from the Chicago River, and north of the Sheraton Chicago in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area of Chicago. Another of the building's developers, the Fordham Company, was also the initial developer of the now-cancelled Chicago Spire.
The building would have been the third tallest building in Chicago, as only the Willis Tower and the Trump International Hotel and Tower are taller than 1,200 feet. It would have been among the tallest buildings in the world, since only 25 buildings in the world currently exceed 1,200 feet.
Early in 2012, the approval process began for a much smaller mixed-use tower on the site.
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455 North Park Drive or Loews Hotel Tower, also known as Loews North Park Drive, is a 54-story 569 ft tall skyscraper located at 455 North Park Drive in Chicago, Illinois that is owned by Loews Hotels. The 52-floor building has 86,121 m2 of floor space. It has 400 hotel rooms, 398 rental apartments, and assorted ballrooms, bars, restaurants and parking spaces. All apartments were sold for $240.4 million. It is based on an L-shaped twelve-storey podium. It was the tallest building built in the city in 2015.
It was designed by Chicago architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz and developed by the DRW Trading Group of Chicago. The construction cost was about $200 million.
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Coast at Lakeshore East, originally known as Lakeshore East Building 2-A, is a 46-story residential skyscraper in the Lakeshore East development in the Loop community area of downtown Chicago. The building is located at 345 East Wacker Drive. It is the eighth 21st century skyscraper at Lakeshore East. It is the first smoke-free residential building in Lakeshore East.
Groundbreaking for the building occurred in June 2011 and occupancy is expected to commence in 2013. The tower is designed by the architectural firm of bKL Architecture LLC, while Magellan Development Group is the developer along with its equity partner, JPMorgan Asset Management. James McHugh Construction Co., which has constructed six buildings at Lakeshore East, is the general contractor for the new tower. Magellan was informed by the City of Chicago that it would not be granted public way permits for scaffolding during May 2012 due to the 2012 NATO Summit held in Chicago. They also spoke with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Secret Service on the issue and did not apply for permits after gathering information. In November 2011, the designing architectural firm disbanded. Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin has described the building as "a boxy, 49-story, metal-and-glass apartment tower". Coast will comprise 499 apartments, 18,000 square feet retail space, a 272-car parking facility, amenities such as an outdoor pool and landscaped deck, a fitness center, resident lounge, business center, media room, and an indoor spa. As of June 2011 initial occupancy was targeted for February 2013. In February 2013, leasing offices opened for occupancy beginning in March 2013.
En 1999, cette fontaine a été nommée « Monument civil du Millénaire » par l'American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
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