List of tallest buildings in Chicago
Tallest buildings

List of tallest buildings in Chicago

Section Title: Tallest buildings
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Rank	Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	Coordinates	Notes

1	Willis Tower	1,451 (442)	108	1974	41°52′44″N 87°38′9″W / 41.87889°N 87.63583°W	Formerly known as Sears Tower; 2nd-tallest building in the United States, joint 14th-tallest building in the world; tallest building in the world from 1974 until 1998; tallest building completed in the world in the 1970s.

2	Trump International Hotel and Tower	1,388 (423)	98	2009	41°53′20″N 87°37′35″W / 41.88889°N 87.62639°W	5th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building completed in the United States in the first decade of the 21st century.

3	Aon Center	1,136 (346)	83	1973	41°53′7″N 87°37′17″W / 41.88528°N 87.62139°W	7th-tallest building in the United States; formerly known as the Standard Oil Building. Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by the Willis Tower.

4	875 North Michigan Avenue	-	1,127 (344)	100	1969	41°53′55.5″N 87°37′23″W / 41.898750°N 87.62306°W	Formerly known as John Hancock Center; 8th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building constructed in the world in the 1960s; first building in the world outside of New York City to rise at least 1,000 feet (305 m).

5	Franklin Center	1,007 (307)	61	1989	41°52′49.5″N 87°38′5″W / 41.880417°N 87.63472°W	Formerly known as the AT&T Corporate Center; 13th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building constructed in Chicago in the 1980s.

6	Two Prudential Plaza	995 (303)	64	1990	41°53′8″N 87°37′22″W / 41.88556°N 87.62278°W	16th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building constructed in Chicago in the 1990s.

7	311 South Wacker Drive	961 (293)	65	1990	41°52′39″N 87°38′8″W / 41.87750°N 87.63556°W	24th-tallest building in the United States.

8	900 North Michigan	871 (266)	66	1989	41°53′59″N 87°37′30″W / 41.89972°N 87.62500°W

9=	Water Tower Place	860 (262)	74	1976	41°53′52.5″N 87°37′20.5″W / 41.897917°N 87.622361°W

9=	Aqua	-	860 (262)	82	2009	41°53′11″N 87°37′12″W / 41.88639°N 87.62000°W	Currently the tallest building in the world designed by a female-led architectural firm; first skyscraper in Chicago to contain a hotel, condominiums, apartments and retail space.

11	Chase Tower	850 (259)	60	1969	41°52′53.5″N 87°37′48″W / 41.881528°N 87.63000°W	Also known as First National Plaza.

12	Park Tower	844 (257)	67	2000	41°53′49.5″N 87°37′30.5″W / 41.897083°N 87.625139°W

13	One Bennett Park	837 (255)	69	2018	41°53′29″N 87°36′56″W / 41.89139°N 87.61556°W

14	The Legacy at Millennium Park	822 (251)	73	2010	41°52′53″N 87°37′32″W / 41.88139°N 87.62556°W

15	Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower	796 (242)	57	2010	41°53′5″N 87°37′12″W / 41.88472°N 87.62000°W	First phase completed in 1997; 24–floor vertical expansion completed in 2010.

16	300 North LaSalle	784 (239)	60	2009	41°53′17.5″N 87°37′59″W / 41.888194°N 87.63306°W

17	Three First National Plaza	767 (234)	57	1981	41°52′56″N 87°37′50″W / 41.88222°N 87.63056°W

18	Grant Thornton Tower	-	755 (230)	50	1992	41°53′5″N 87°37′50″W / 41.88472°N 87.63056°W

19	150 North Riverside	-	747 (228)	54	2017	41°53′4.1″N 87°38′20.6″W / 41.884472°N 87.639056°W	Tallest building in the city west of the Chicago River.

20	River Point	-	732 (223)	52	2017	41°53′9.3″N 87°38′21.8″W / 41.885917°N 87.639389°W

21	One Museum Park	726 (221)	62	2009	41°52′1.5″N 87°37′17″W / 41.867083°N 87.62139°W

22	Olympia Centre	725 (221)	63	1986	41°53′47″N 87°37′24″W / 41.89639°N 87.62333°W

23	330 North Wabash	695 (212)	52	1973	41°53′19″N 87°37′39″W / 41.88861°N 87.62750°W	Also known as the IBM Building.

24	Waldorf Astoria Chicago	-	686 (209)	60	2010	41°53′59″N 87°37′39″W / 41.89972°N 87.62750°W

25	111 South Wacker Drive	-	681 (208)	51	2005	41°52′49″N 87°38′10.5″W / 41.88028°N 87.636250°W

26	181 West Madison Street	680 (207)	50	1990	41°52′53.5″N 87°38′00″W / 41.881528°N 87.63333°W

27	Hyatt Center	679 (207)	48	2005	41°52′51″N 87°38′10″W / 41.88083°N 87.63611°W

28	One Magnificent Mile	Chicago 2.JPG	673 (205)	57	1983	41°54′2″N 87°37′29″W / 41.90056°N 87.62472°W

29	340 on the Park	672 (205)	64	2007	41°53′5.5″N 87°37′8″W / 41.884861°N 87.61889°W

30	77 West Wacker Drive	-	668 (204)	49	1992	41°53′11.5″N 87°37′50″W / 41.886528°N 87.63056°W	Formerly known as the United Building and the R.R. Donnelley Building.

31	One North Wacker	-	652 (199)	50	2001	41°52′56″N 87°38′10″W / 41.88222°N 87.63611°W	Also known as the UBS Tower.

32	Richard J. Daley Center	648 (198)	32	1965	41°53′2.5″N 87°37′49″W / 41.884028°N 87.63028°W	Tallest flat-roofed building in the world that contains fewer than 40 floors. Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by the John Hancock Center.

33	55 East Erie Street	647 (197)	56	2003	41°53′38″N 87°37′33″W / 41.89389°N 87.62583°W	2nd-tallest all-residential building in Chicago.

34	Lake Point Tower	645 (197)	70	1968	41°53′30″N 87°36′44″W / 41.89167°N 87.61222°W	The only tower in the city that sits on the east side of Lake Shore Drive.

35	River East Center	644 (196)	58	2001	41°53′29″N 87°37′5.5″W / 41.89139°N 87.618194°W

36	Grand Plaza I	641 (195)	57	2003	41°53′31″N 87°37′43″W / 41.89194°N 87.62861°W

37	155 North Wacker	638 (195)	45	2009	41°53′5″N 87°38′11.5″W / 41.88472°N 87.636528°W

38	Leo Burnett Building	635 (194)	50	1989	41°53′11″N 87°37′45″W / 41.88639°N 87.62917°W

39	The Heritage at Millennium Park	-	631 (192)	57	2005	41°53′3″N 87°37′32″W / 41.88417°N 87.62556°W

40	OneEleven	-	630 (192)	59	2014	Tallest building built in the city in 2014. Formally 111 W. Wacker and Waterview Tower.

41	NBC Tower	627 (191)	37	1989	41°53′24″N 87°37′16″W / 41.89000°N 87.62111°W

42	353 North Clark	-	624 (190)	44	2009	41°53′20″N 87°37′48″W / 41.88889°N 87.63000°W

43	Essex on the Park	-	620 (189)	57	2019	41°52′04″N 87°37′15″W / 41.86778°N 87.62083°W

44	Millennium Centre	-	610 (186)	58	2003	41°53′35″N 87°37′45″W / 41.89306°N 87.62917°W

45	Chicago Place	608 (185)	49	1991	41°53′43″N 87°37′30.5″W / 41.89528°N 87.625139°W

46	Chicago Board of Trade Building	605 (184)	44	1930	41°52′39.5″N 87°37′56″W / 41.877639°N 87.63222°W	One of the tallest Art Deco buildings in the world; tallest building constructed in the city in the 1930s. Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by the Richard J.

47=	One Prudential Plaza	601 (183)	41	1955	41°53′5″N 87°37′24″W / 41.88472°N 87.62333°W	Tallest building constructed in Chicago in the 1950s.

47=	CNA Center	601 (183)	44	1972	41°52′38″N 87°37′32″W / 41.87722°N 87.62556°W

49	Heller International Building	-	600 (183)	45	1992	41°52′51″N 87°38′25″W / 41.88083°N 87.64028°W

50	Madison Plaza	-	599 (182)	44	1982	41°52′56″N 87°38′4″W / 41.88222°N 87.63444°W

51	The Grant	One Museum Park and One Museum Park West in 2011.JPG	595 (181)	54	2010	41°52′1.5″N 87°37′19″W / 41.867083°N 87.62194°W

52=	1000 Lake Shore Plaza	—	590 (180)	55	1964	41°54′3.5″N 87°37′28″W / 41.900972°N 87.62444°W

52=	The Clare	589 (179)	52	2008	41°53′50″N 87°37′34″W / 41.89722°N 87.62611°W

54	Citigroup Center	588 (179)	42	1987	41°52′56″N 87°38′26″W / 41.88222°N 87.64056°W

55	Optima Signature	587 (179)	57	2017	41°53′28″N 87°37′17″W / 41.89111°N 87.62139°W

56	Mid-Continental Plaza	-	583 (178)	49	1972	41°52′49″N 87°37′32.5″W / 41.88028°N 87.625694°W

57	Crain Communications Building	582 (177)	41	1983	41°53′5″N 87°37′30″W / 41.88472°N 87.62500°W

58	North Pier Apartments	-	581 (177)	61	1990	41°53′27″N 87°36′52.5″W / 41.89083°N 87.614583°W

59	Citadel Center	-	580 (177)	39	2003	41°52′47″N 87°37′43″W / 41.87972°N 87.62861°W

60	The Fordham	574 (175)	52	2003	41°53′43.5″N 87°37′38″W / 41.895417°N 87.62722°W

61	190 South LaSalle Street	-	573 (175)	40	1987	41°52′47″N 87°37′58″W / 41.87972°N 87.63278°W

62	One South Dearborn	-	571 (174)	39	2005	41°52′54″N 87°37′43″W / 41.88167°N 87.62861°W

63	Onterie Center	570 (174)	58	1986	41°53′38″N 87°36′59″W / 41.89389°N 87.61639°W

64	Loews Hotel Tower	569 (174)	52	2015	41°53′23.9″N 87°37′8″W / 41.889972°N 87.61889°W	Tallest building built in the city in 2015.

65=	Chicago Temple Building	568 (173)	21	1924	41°52′59″N 87°37′50″W / 41.88306°N 87.63056°W	Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s. Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by the Chicago Board Of Trade Building.

65=	151 North Franklin	-	568 (173)	36	2018	41°53′5.4″N 87°38′5.7″W / 41.884833°N 87.634917°W

67	Palmolive Building	-	565 (172)	37	1929	41°53′59″N 87°37′25″W / 41.89972°N 87.62361°W

68=	Marina City I	562 (171)	61	1964	41°53′17.5″N 87°37′42.5″W / 41.888194°N 87.628472°W

68=	Marina City II	562 (171)	61	1964	41°53′16.5″N 87°37′45″W / 41.887917°N 87.62917°W

70=	Huron Plaza	560 (171)	56	1983	41°53′43″N 87°37′36″W / 41.89528°N 87.62667°W

70=	Boeing International Headquarters	560 (171)	36	1990	41°53′2.5″N 87°38′19″W / 41.884028°N 87.63861°W

72=	The Parkshore	556 (169)	56	1991	41°53′8.5″N 87°36′53″W / 41.885694°N 87.61472°W

72=	North Harbor Tower	556 (169)	55	1988	41°53′7.5″N 87°36′55.5″W / 41.885417°N 87.615417°W

74	Civic Opera House	555 (169)	45	1929	41°52′57″N 87°38′14.5″W / 41.88250°N 87.637361°W

75	Streeter Place	-	554 (169)	55	2009	41°53′32″N 87°37′5″W / 41.89222°N 87.61806°W

76=	Newberry Plaza	—	553 (169)	53	1974	41°54′6″N 87°37′44″W / 41.90167°N 87.62889°W

76=	Michigan Plaza South	—	553 (169)	46	1985	41°53′9.75″N 87°37′25″W / 41.8860417°N 87.62361°W

76=	30 North LaSalle	-	553 (169)	44	1975	41°52′58″N 87°37′58″W / 41.88278°N 87.63278°W

79	Pittsfield Building	-	551 (168)	38	1927	41°52′59″N 87°37′32.5″W / 41.88306°N 87.625694°W

80=	Harbor Point	-	550 (168)	54	1975	41°53′6″N 87°36′53″W / 41.88500°N 87.61472°W

80=	One South Wacker	-	550 (168)	40	1982	41°52′54″N 87°38′10″W / 41.88167°N 87.63611°W

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