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Water Tower Place

Skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois
Organization Tower Block Q1582716

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
tower block, skyscraper, shopping center[3][4]
Official website
www.shopwatertower.com[7]

Status and dates

Inception
1977[6]

Location

Country
United States[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 41.898°, -87.622°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Illinois[1]
Street address
845 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States[11]

Relations

Owned by
General Growth Properties[5]
More facts +3
Date of official opening
1976[9]
Floors above ground
+74[8]
Height
+262[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Water Tower Place ja ウォータータワー・パレス zh 水塔廣場大廈
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Water Tower Place 060527.jpg ↗
CTBUH Skyscraper Center building ID
739
Emporis building ID
116832
Facebook username
ShopWaterTower
Freebase ID
/m/02m98b
GeoNames ID
4915673
Instagram username
watertowerplace
SkyscraperPage building ID
43
Structurae structure ID
20003253
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Building", "WaterTowerPlace::wp8yr"]
📚 Sources · 1
  • GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 2 statements · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

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Elevation above sea levelP2044
180 m 2026-09-26 S/BLDG · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
Located in time zoneP421
America/Chicago 2026-09-26 S/BLDG · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
skyscraper, shopping center, tower block
Country 1
United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Illinois
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Illinois United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 27w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Floors above ground → 74
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Building", "WaterTowerPlace::wp8yr"]
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Illinois
    Coordinate location → 41.898°, -87.622°
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Building", "WaterTowerPlace::wp8yr"], batch #257096"
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