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Complete

Completed
  
1966

Floor count
  
43

Floors
  
43

Opened
  
1966

Architect
  
Fazlur Rahman Khan

Type
  
Residential

Roof
  
395 ft (120 m)

Height
  
120 m

Construction started
  
1963

Phone
  
+1 312-943-4536

Location
  
260 E. Chestnut Street Chicago, Illinois

Address
  
260 E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

Similar
  
One Magnificent Mile, Cook County Administr, Onterie Center, Olympia Centre, Newberry Plaza

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The Plaza on DeWitt was completed in 1966 as a residential apartment building at 260 E. Chestnut Street in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago. Originally called the DeWitt-Chestnut Apartment Building, and designed by Fazlur Khan while he was working for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it was the first building in the world to implement the tubular construction method later used for the World Trade Center. The 43-story tower accommodates 407 residences and is the tallest building in Chicago to be clad in travertine marble. It was converted to condominiums in 1975. On the ground floor, a French bistro, Le Petit Paris, formerly Zaven's, serves traditional French cuisine.

In 2002, a fire on the 14th floor killed one and injured 11, and on December 10, 2009 another fire, on the 36th floor, also killed one person and injured 12 people. About one third of the Chicago Fire Department's equipment, with about 300 firefighters, responded to the 2009 fire.

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