875 North Michigan Avenue

skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Summary

875 North Michigan Avenue is a skyscraper[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of skyscraper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,541 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Chicago[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: office building[5], residential building[6]
  • Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill[7], Bruce Graham[8], Fazlur Khan[9]
  • Owned by: John Hancock Insurance[10]
  • Named after: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. (Ford salaried workers)[11]
  • Architectural style: high-tech architecture[12]
  • Developer: John Hancock Insurance[13]
  • Made from material: steel[14], glass[15], aluminium[16]
  • Main building contractor: Tishman Realty & Construction[17]
  • Location: Chicago[18]
  • Commons category: 875 North Michigan Avenue[19]
  • Inception: 1969[20]
  • Structural engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill[21]
  • Located on street: Magnificent Mile[22]
  • Significant event: start of construction[23]
  • Official website: https://875northmichiganavenue.com[24]
  • Number of elevators: 50[25]
  • Area: 260,000 m²[26]
  • Height: 344 m[27]
  • Capital cost: 100,000,000 US dollars[28]
  • Street address: 175 East Delaware Place[29]
  • Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from 875 North Michigan Avenue[30]

Why It Matters

875 North Michigan Avenue has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21h ago · Yedaman54 · 2026-10-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Chicago
    Owned by → John Hancock Insurance
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 41.898889, 'lon': -87.623056}
    Architect → Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Bruce Graham, Fazlur Khan
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Logo image: 875 North Michigan Avenue logo.png"
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