2024-12-22T06:38:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150087290/chicago-s-lake-point-tower-is-turning-50 Alexander Walter 2018-09-20T18:33:00-04:00 >2018-09-20T18:33:20-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/70/7080a43399bb2c2f1a60e909f61d0487.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>As Lake Point Tower, once the world&rsquo;s tallest all-residential high-rise, celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend, it&rsquo;s an apt time to reflect on its legacy. The 70-story condominium tower, which sits just west of Navy Pier at 505 N. Lake Shore Drive, is both hero and villain, though it is more the former than the latter.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>Tribune</em> architecture critic Blair Kamin looks back at the history and the significance of Lake Point Tower; as he calls it "by all accounts a spectacular and rare object &mdash; a poetic expression of curves in a city that worships the right angle."</p>