Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle
The Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle was a proposed 125-floor skyscraper for Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was proposed by Lee Miglin and J. Paul Beitler's firm Miglin-Beitler Developments and designed by architect César Pelli. The site of the proposed Skyneedle is now a parking garage. If it had been built when it was planned, the 1,999 ft (609 m) tall Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle would have been the tallest building in the world at the time of its completion.[1]
The tower's plans were revealed in 1988. The plans ended following a bad economy after the Gulf War.[1][2][3] Miglin-Beitler still wanted to build the project, but these plans ended with the murder of Lee Miglin in 1997.[3]
The tower would have risen 125 floors and 1,999 feet.[4] It would have had 1.9 million square feet of space (with 1.2 million being office space).[4] It was planned to cost $450 million to construct.[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kerch, Steve (May 11, 1997). "An Unbuilt Tower Is A Fine Legacy For Lee Miglin". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ "Imagining the Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle as Willis' Big Brother". Curbed Chicago. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ori, Ryan (19 March 2018). "Five decades after Chicago's greatest skyscraper boom, city aims high again". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Risen, James (July 1, 1990). "Modern Don Quixotes Dream of World's Tellest Building in Chicago". Newspapers.com. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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