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Fiery Lake Point Tower - And Icy Lake Michigan - Chicago, IL USA
Downtown Chicago, IL Sunset , Jan 17, 2009 Temp -4 F
Lake Point Tower on far left is a high-rise residential building located on a promontory of the Lake Michigan lakefront in downtown Chicago, just north of the Chicago River at 505 North Lake Shore Drive. It rises somewhat apart from the urban cluster of downtown Chicago in a composition that sets off and punctuates the skyline. The building is also the only skyscraper in downtown Chicago east of Lake Shore Drive.
The building was conceived and developed by William F. Hartnett.
The building designers were John Heinrich and George Schipporeit .
The body of the building encompasses 900 apartments (now privately owned condominiums). A restaurant and bar, "Cite," featuring spectacular views of the city and lake serves gourmet French/American cuisine, and is open to the public on the top floor of the 70 story building.
It has a reinforced concrete structure and a triangular core of elevators and a stairwell which can absorb horizontal forces.
Lake Point Tower has been host to many film shoots including:
* 1992's Straight Talk with Dolly Parton and James Woods had Parton's character living in "LPT"
* Parts of While You Were Sleeping, (1995) with Sandra Bullock and Peter Gallagher were shot in the building.
* Meet the Parents, (2000)
* The Lake House, (2006)
* Category 6: Day of Destruction, (2004) In this film, it is destroyed by a tornado in news footage.
Fiery Lake Point Tower - And Icy Lake Michigan - Chicago, IL USA
Downtown Chicago, IL Sunset , Jan 17, 2009 Temp -4 F
Lake Point Tower on far left is a high-rise residential building located on a promontory of the Lake Michigan lakefront in downtown Chicago, just north of the Chicago River at 505 North Lake Shore Drive. It rises somewhat apart from the urban cluster of downtown Chicago in a composition that sets off and punctuates the skyline. The building is also the only skyscraper in downtown Chicago east of Lake Shore Drive.
The building was conceived and developed by William F. Hartnett.
The building designers were John Heinrich and George Schipporeit .
The body of the building encompasses 900 apartments (now privately owned condominiums). A restaurant and bar, "Cite," featuring spectacular views of the city and lake serves gourmet French/American cuisine, and is open to the public on the top floor of the 70 story building.
It has a reinforced concrete structure and a triangular core of elevators and a stairwell which can absorb horizontal forces.
Lake Point Tower has been host to many film shoots including:
* 1992's Straight Talk with Dolly Parton and James Woods had Parton's character living in "LPT"
* Parts of While You Were Sleeping, (1995) with Sandra Bullock and Peter Gallagher were shot in the building.
* Meet the Parents, (2000)
* The Lake House, (2006)
* Category 6: Day of Destruction, (2004) In this film, it is destroyed by a tornado in news footage.