Three Eleven South Wacker (Chicago, Illinois)
N 41° 52.647 W 087° 38.136
16T E 447260 N 4636365
Three Eleven South Wacker, a tall office tower just south of the famous Sears Tower, belongs among the highest structures in Chicago...
Waymark Code: WM89BY
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2010
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Three Eleven South Wacker, a tall office tower just south of the famous Sears Tower (...and the tallest building in the world known only by its street address), belongs among the highest structures in Chicago and also among city's most prominent skyscrapers.
One of the architectural dominants of Chicago, called "311 South Wacker Drive", is a post-modern 65 story skyscraper completed in 1990. At 293 m tall, it is the 6th tallest building in Chicago and the 15th tallest in USA. 311 South Wacker was in the time its construction the 2nd tallest reinforced concrete building in the world. The building is also the tallest building in the world known by its street address.
The lower level of the winter garden was designed to connect via underground passageway to Union Station. The building also contains three levels of underground parking. The building contains both retail and commercial tenants.