55 East Erie Street

55 East Erie is an all-residential skyscraper in Chicago. It is at 647 ft (197 m). Designed by Fujikawa Johnson & Associates and Searl & Associates Architects, the 56 story building was completed in 2004 and is the third-tallest all-residential building in the United States after Trump World Tower in New York City, and the nearby 340 on the Park completed in 2007 in Chicago.

The design called for flying buttresses around the mechanical penthouse, which were eventually dropped. Early on, the building was envisioned as much taller in order to house a Mandarin Oriental hotel, but a deal was never struck.

ee also

*List of skyscrapers
*List of tallest buildings in the United States
*List of tallest buildings in Chicago
*World's tallest structures

Position in Chicago's skyline

References

* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=100423 Emporis listing]