Promontory Apartments

Promontory Apartments
Promontory Apartments in 2008. The Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments is the red tower to the right.
Location5530–5532 South Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°47′39″N 87°34′51″W / 41.79417°N 87.58083°W / 41.79417; -87.58083
Arealess than one acre
Built1949 (1949)
Built byPeter Hamlin Construction Company
ArchitectLudwig Mies van der Rohe, Pace Associates
Architectural styleInternational Style
NRHP reference No.96001281
Added to NRHPNovember 21, 1996

The Promontory Apartments is a 22-story skyscraper in Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States. The first skyscraper designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, it was also the first of his buildings to feature concepts such as an exposed skeleton. The cooperative building, overlooking Burnham Park, has 122 units.

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