Formerly:	Lake Shore Place
Formerly:	666 North Lake Shore Drive
Formerly:	American Furniture Mart

680 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, Gold Coast 60611 United StatesPrint this page   •   Share this page

A lovely old building in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood that simply exudes refinement, dignity, and style. When it was built, this building was considered massive, but as the years progressed, larger constructions took its title, and eventually the skyscraper was overshadowed by buildings with greater height and tourist appeal.

Still, 680 is a plucky survivor, blessed with a great location. Even though it's not visible from many parts of the city anymore, it still pops up between the glass and steel trees of the skyscraper forest, especially at night when its blue pyramid is spectacularly illuminated.

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  This is my favorite historic building of Chicago's Near North Side, every time I see it, I like seeing it's blue turret during the day, also at night.

Brent Kampert - Friday, October 10th, 2008 @ 3:27pm