Park Tower
Chicago, USA

HEIGHT: 257m/844 feet
FLOORS: 67 floors
COMPLETION: 2000
ARCHITECT: Lucien Lagrange & Associates/ Harwood K Smith & Partners

Designed to assume a prominent place on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, this elegant 67-story tower intelligently integrates a preeminent luxury hotel with high-end condominium residences. The lower 18 floors of the structure are occupied by a sophisticated new Park Hyatt Hotel, the chain's new corporate flagship. The remaining floors are devoted to luxury condominium residences, including eight penthouses. This mixed-use project was developed by Hyatt Development Corporation and LR Development.

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It really doesn't look like it was completed 2 years ago. Very uninteresting building.

3.5/10

3/10. It looks cheap somehow, like a jumbo version of a condo on some Florida beach.

Yikes, very thin. It's roof is vg, and it's shape is not bad, just needs a few more curves.

7.5/10

10. Thin and gives the effect of a supertall;)

I LOVE the height and slim profile but they lost me towards the top floors. A nicely woven residential all the way up until you hit the cheap looking roof. 7/10

7.5/10

I like its slimness which makes it look so tall and its roof. But points off for the cheap-looking facade.

Originally posted by RafflesCity
7.5/10

I like its slimness which makes it look so tall and its roof. But points off for the cheap-looking facade.

I agree!

I gave it a seven. That is a copper roof right? If it is, the building could look it's best after some weather has turned it's crown green.

I like how slim it is as well, makes it look very tall... not too much else to say about it though. ->7.5

Looks cheap. 5/10. But i do like the slimness of the building, makes it look really tall!

8/10

nice and tall

looks tall and thin...hmm nice

Originally posted by Sunflower
It really doesn't look like it was completed 2 years ago. Very uninteresting building.

3.5/10

Are you blind man?

The changing colours, the shapes, the crown, thew thin, tall look!
This building looks great. 6/10

Area looks a bit barren though.

don't really care for the 4 spires. But the whole thing looks good. 7/10

8/10. Tall and slender. I like.

Looks like a large copy of the nearby Old Water Tower !
A 9 !!

its got its ups and downs . . . but it probably looks better up close. . . 6/10

7 - It's so slim that it takes to the sky well. and its curves, not to mention that bay window and the indentations, make it more interesting than a plain box, but the lower part of the facade is kind of tacky, and the facade as a whole could use a little something more, though I can't decide what that would be. I'm not sure about that roof...

It doesn't look to bad it could use some fat around the waist though.

8/10

very tall & slim...looks like a pencil!!...this one soars into the sky and actually looks taller than it is....some have called it cheap but I bet it's not cheap to live there!!...not bad for a residential tower...8/10

WOW! I've got to say...this place looks supertall! It is sooo thin it makes it look as if it is soaring into the sky. I hope a plane doesn't run into this one, i'd topple right over.
I love the roof....I don't dislike the spires, nor do I like them. Is that possibie? After looking at the facade, it appears that it was a last minute budget type of thing....they could have done it MUCH nicer.

They did well with what they had though. For height, and slimness ;). this gets a 7!

cheap looking facade, gots some height, its slim... gets a 6.5 from me

so slim and tall... I think it looks great being a residential tower
8.5/10

i pressed 6.5, but i meant 5.5.......ohw ell its just not my type of building.

8/10

Nice and slim, and it looks pretty cool from JHC.

Oh yeah this baby looks slim!:)Like it.
8.0/10

This building looks dizzyingly tall cause its "thin"-top looks rather cheap

9 That's a residential!?!? WOW! I think this a great "old-looking" new building... most residentials are ugly and bland... but this thing looks grand... The top looks like it's probably copper... which certainly wouldn't be cheap

Incredible base-height ratio. So much so that the exact number of floors seem to have been decided by chance.

Looks like some cheap resedential highrise!! :bash: But man it's slim and that's good! ;)

7/10

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8.5/10 This is such a cute bldg. I would love to live there!

7.5

Hehe... skinny and long :laugh:

It reminds me of a Lego construction, when you pile all blocks up and up and up...
Well i liked Lego, so 6.5/10

nice! 10, it reminds me of the one atlantic center and 191 peachtree

It's really thin, so it looks taller. I like this effect, but the building is... ugly. 6/10

8.5/10

I would do anything to live in a room with a balcony there.

It looks cool, and it's so slim. 8/10

Seems really unappealing. 5.5

great! 9.5

7.5

I like it, but it is my least favorite Chicago high-rise in the Top 100.

8/10

7.5/10 ! :)

It doesn't look pretty or decent at all.
I don't like its color,
Why yellow?

4/10

I like it !! Slim and tall
8/10

8/10

6/10


It looks really tall, but the design :ohno:

8/10
Very tall looking thin & sleek tower, nice shape & design.

7.5/10

It's okay, and I think it looks good to have more tall buildings grouped around both JHC and Sears.

Slenderness won it some points. The design isn't appealing.
6.5/10

it looks too tall I think.

But the sense of luxury is definately there, and I would really want to stay up there!

design is ok.7.5/10

It actually looks pretty cool in person and the building is really skinny - like a pencil.

8.0

Interesting !
8/10

By the style seems a house of the suburbs, I do not like it for a skyscraper 3/10

These balconies are dangerous!!!!!! :devil:

7.5/10 Tall and slender. I like! :)

too skinny... skinny skyscrapers with small bases gives me the creeps. but the building's details are awesome.

8

this really is what skyscrapers are all about! its slenderness, its sleek lines,its rooftop termination. brilliant! 10/10
if you love skyscrapers (and thats why were all here), you would love this one. its screams>> SKYSCRAPER!!!
it compliments the historic water tower perfectly and at nearly 260m tall, it would of been one of the tallest apartment towers in the world if the lower floors werent put aside for hotel use.
glorious!!!
this pic is very cool>
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10/10
Great looking building. If the roof is made out of copper, then it will look much better when some time and weather turn it green like the Statue of Liberty. I love its tall, slim look.
Chicago does it best when it comes to skyscrapers!

The tower looks great on the rederings which was made before it was made, but here the tower became to brown and easy. But still the tower is thin and tall, 5.5/10

I love it's shape and design, 9.5.

Some people say cheap, I say old-school. 8/10

9/10

Justadude, you said it right, Old School. I feel most buildings that try to look old fail miserably, but this one succeeds. I love the buttress near the bottom, and the facade, while plain, is quite pleasing. The top is great. This building tried to do a lot of very difficult things and pulled them off, this is a great skyscraper. Feels tall, and the balconies are nice without overwhelming the building (see Bayioke in Bangkok for one that failed). Excellent building.

Nice slimness, but the strong yellow colouring is gaudy. 7/10

definitely don't like it! 4

8...very awesome

7/10
Nice and slim. Overall design is a bit ordinary though. Certainly nothing to get excited over.

7/10

Too retro, too brown, really really ugly roof. Only thing going for it is its height and slimness.

9.5

Very impressive and soaring in person. It has a classic design that is well-suited to the area. If I was going to live in Chicago, this is where it'd be. Another great addition to the Chicago skyline. Shoot, it's taller than the tallest bldgs in most cities and the views are amazing.

Gigantic, 9.0

5/10

Back to the ancient times: 6.5

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I couldn't hate this tower if I tried. I've liked it since the first day I saw it in a picture. I give it a 9/10. :yes:

Great tower building!

tall and slim but looks old fashion. Makes the water tower(the castel like building not the tower) look like an ant. 8f rom me.

I like the slimness of this building. The color could be better. At sunset, it looks really gorgeous.

7/10.

Whoever thought of making it so slim was smart....it looks much taller than it is. The colors and design go together well.

9/10

Nice, 9

Its ok 6/10

8/10

Shape is OK, roof is not bad, tall and slim.
I don't like the side with the balconies. Colors are not good. Apart for this, it's an OK residential tower.
5.5

a bit old for my likeing 5/10 :)

5.5/10

Cheap style.

Ugly color, so thin a 45 mph wind gust could snap it in two, and sick looking roof. I couldnt believe someone actually approved this building's construction. Sorry to be so harsh, I just really dislike this building.......um....something nice to say.....go CHICAGO!....??

4

6/10

8/10 Skinny.

9/10

7/10

6/10.

Very slim tower, but a dull design 7.5/10

Way too thin, no detailing and it looks cheap. 4/10.

It really doesn't look like it was completed 5 years ago

It really doesn't look like it was completed 5 years ago

6/10

7/10, I like the height vs. width ratio

7.5/10
It is not a bad design.

5/10

It's very tall and slim, but rather boring ;) 7/10

nice and tall
8/10

8.5/10

7.5/10.

it's ok, I like the slimness, but the style and the colour don't appeal much to me.
7/10

I wish the windows were bigger. They give it a cheep 60s look. The size is good though and the over all design is no t to bad. 6/10

6/10

So thin...6/10

not too bad 7/10

8.5/10

1/10 for me.I hate it.

5.5/10

From the pic, I am illusionized that it's breaking down. 7.5/10

6/10

Meh, slimness multiplies the effect of height, but I dislike the design & facade.
6/10

Tall and thin. The way I like it :D

8.5/10

WHAT!! this one in the year 2000!!!!!!

5/10

8/10

5.5/10

Its one of my favorite tallys in Chicago. 9/10

8.5/10.

Bland what a waste of 844ft, have just voted 5/10 should really of been less.

I don't know why everyone hates this building. It's not terrible. I'll say 7/10

6/10

3/10 yet another ugly building in chicago

Thin and slim and sharp. bland, bad colors, boring design, thoroughly uninteresting.

3.5/10

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It certainly looks huge. But its quite ordinary.
7.5/10

7/10

In person its height has the ability to sway your judgement of it (it person its a 9-9.5) but looking at the actual elements of design in it I have to reduce points off. The thing that gets me the most is the fact it appears as though its trying to be a high rise from another decade with the ornamental topping. However the plus is how slender it is and seems to poke into the clouds during summer days, great contrast to those goliath bases they are building off of (Trump Tower for example)

7/10 - I like the height... and the shape.. and that's about that..

8/10

6/10 the only reason i gave it a six instead of a 3 is because of it's height and it's narrowness

9/10
I love this building!

Organic, but phallic. 6.5/10

3,5/10

8, I'd give it a ten if the facade were better.

6/10

5/10

6/10

not bad at all 7/10

In person it looks great I think

looks like a 20's building ... and i love the 20's buildings. We need more tower like that but in New York. 10/10

the design is to old for the year 2000 i think 8/10

8/10 nice

8/10.. could be better, but it looks cool as its location.

4/10

poorly topped.

Comleted in 2000? Looks like 30's ;( not cool 3/10

7.5/10

4/10

6/10

6/10.

4/10

Tall and thin I like it 9/10

7.5 / 10

a little to thin for my taste, cheap "spire"

4/10

looks good but it looks like it was built in the 1929s but i like it 7/10

5 / 10

A Plus for elegance, a minus for facade. 7.5/10

"7"
It's amazing this was completed in 2000. It looks really art deco and complements Michigan Ave.'s style and history quite well. But aside from having some older-style touches, it's kinda bland. If the designers were after a retro theme, they accomplished it maybe a little too well because it's a "haven't I seen this building before?" scenario that's going on in my head. The height is impressive at least. Suits Chicago and Michigan Ave., just makes me *yawn*

Interesting color, and decently tall, but I don't get much feel from this. 8.

8.

3 / 10

a building like this in 2000? come on!

ehh......hmph.....6.5

5/10

:ohno:

Very old school design, looks crappy on these pics but there are much better views of it, I like it ! 7/10

3/10....'oldest' looking 'recently' build scraper I've ever seen.

8/10, i gave it this because i like the style and shape and height, but i think it could do with more around the bottom of it.

Yuck.

I like brick, but this one is ugly.

I give it a 8/10 It's like they mixed old Chicago with New Chicago arcitecture and they got Park Tower... Not my top favorites but still a nice building.

7/10

4/10

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7/10 Ok only

I don't understand why so many are giving this building a low score just because it looks 'old'. I think a lot of people on here have already pointed out why this building is so successful. It looks like it's been standing there for decades despite the fact it is one of the newest additions to the city skyline. That was precisely the goal of this project from the beginning and it can be rather difficult to pull that off. Obviously, it worked judging from the comments on here.

And the facade and street presence of this building is anything but cheap. In fact, if anything it makes most glassy structures look delicate and lightweight by comparison. Despite the slim profile, from street level it still maintains a strong presence. I think the architects did an excellent job of incorporating a high profile art deco style skyscraper into this end of Michigan Ave. More modern designs had recently dominated despite the fact that some of the oldest structures (water tower) exist here. It's a nice connection between different eras.

8/10

so boring , i give it 2 for the height

8.5/10

Not special enough for me. 6/10

9 - cool.

simple but tall 6.5/10

I don't like it. :ohno: 5/10

Looks nice. 8.5

just tall 7/10

8/10

Looks old!

6/10

I don't know why everyone hates this building. It's not terrible. I'll say 7/10

8/10 :cheers2:

It looks alot taller than it is due to it's slim profile. The roof is a nice feature but the rest is abit bland. 5/10

Not sure I would want to sit on one of the balconies on the side that high up though.

7,5/10

Looks a way older than it actually is... 5/10

5/10

6/10

7/10

6/10

What a tower!

Looks very tall!

8/10

Beautiful, slim and fits well in the city skyline ...

7.5

7.5/10

tall but ugly,4!

4.5 eww

6/10

uninteresting 3/10

7,5/10 ;)

Not one of my Favorite buildings in Chicago but it's sits real nicely next to big john. 7/10

Really ugly.

4.5

very tall, 7

Looks tall, but not the nicest form or colour.

6.5/10

9.5/10

7/10

5/10

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9/10

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6.5/10

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6/10

7/10

9/10
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8/10 It's nice

7.5/10

7,5/10

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7/10

Looks too old...

7 from me

kitsch!

3.5

9/10

This building is really more impressive in person. It looks much taller than it really is. I love it. The location next to the old Water Tower right on Michigan Avenue is a nice little bonus.

Thin & Tall, I like it. 9/10

Tall and Thin is definitely IN!!

Cheryl W.
Concierge
Chicago Luxury Hotel (http://chicago.nyctourist.com/chicago-luxury-hotels.php)

4/10

4/10

Chicago has to be the most beautiful city in the US, thanks to all of the unbelievable skyscrapers and Chicago Luxury Hotel (http://chicago.nyctourist.com/chicago-luxury-hotels.php)!

10. the building at the bottom looks tiny

mmmm...9/10....:applause:

7/10

8/10

7.5/10

Don't like it. Very Duba-ish/retro design that tries to hard, plus the shape isn't elegant.

6/10

Completed in 2000? I was sure it's a 50 years old building.
It would receive an 8 from me if it was an old skyscraper, but since it is new 6 seems enough. It's just a shame to build a new skyscraper without using modern-looking materials.

7.5/10

8/10

6.5/10

The tower that started the retrograde fake historicist trend that's wrecking Chicago's skyline. Hideous to the core. 0

8.5/10

9.5

Looks a bit older than it actually is.
Not a masterpiece. 3.5/10

8/10

I love it! 9,5/10

7/10

10/10

7.510 Love how thin it is but it could have a better crown...

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