Paul Gapp, then architectural editor for the Chicago Tribune, wrote the following about the 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments in an article published March 31, 1991:
Chicagoans called Ludwig
Mies van der Rohe's twin 26-story apartment towers the "glass houses" when
they were built between 1948 and 1951. . . . His lakefront
tour
de force influenced architects everywhere and in this respect
eventually helped change the look of virtually every American city.
A
good place to start is a collection of photographs of 860-880 Lake Shore
Drive. Click here to see some recent pictures.
Click here to see some older ones.
For a brief biography of Mies van der Rohe, as well as some Mies-related links, click here.
Click
here for a concise history of the buildings.
Click
here to see a page about the buildings that the City of Chicago has
posted on its Landmarks Web Site.
If
you'd like to read what critics and commentators have said about 860-880
LSD, click here.
Want
to see the buildings in person? Here's a map.
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