October 27, 1971 – The announcement is made that
plans are complete for an 800-unit building that will sit on the lakefront
border of the Illinois Center development being created over a former railroad
freight yard. The Chicago architectural
firm Solomon, Cordwell and Buenz will design the building and the developers
will be the Illinois Center Corporation, a subsidiary of Illinois Central
Industries, Inc. and Talman Services Corporation, a subsidiary of Talman
Federal Savings & Loan Association.
The residential building, today’s Harbor Point, will benefit from a city
plan to reroute Lake Shore Drive so that it will curve around the building’s
east side, ensuring that the tower will be more easily accessible, allowing it
to stand as an architecturally significant statement on the southeast side of
the Illinois Center development. Harbor Point stands next to the lake to the left in this photo. Note that the old "S" curve still exists as the new road is being constructed, and running east and west along Wacker Drive are strings of freight cars where today's Lake Shore East stands.
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