1350 N Lake Shore Dr

"The Gold Coast neighborhood sprouted after the Great Chicago Fire, In the process filling in the swampy area which later became Lake Shore Drive. It became the "It" place to live when millionaire Potter Palmer moved into his forty-two-room castle in 1882. The former site of the Potter Palmer Mansion. A crenelated and turreted sandstone and granite "monstrosity plucked from a goldfish bowl". 3 years under construction, cost $1M in 1892. Potter Palmer owned the entire block and purchased many other parcels of land in the area. Referred to as "the Castle". The high-rise apartment complex was built on this site in 1951. Draper and Kramer hired architect Richard Bennett to design these 22-story towers, which contain 740 rental apartments. Bennet also designed Old Orchard Shopping Center and Oakbrook Center. "