Playboy Building

The Palmolive Building, formerly the Playboy Building, is a 37-story Art Deco building at 919 N. in , Illinois.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Apartment building
  • Description: building in Chicago
  • Also known as: “Palmolive Building” and “Playboy Towers”
  • Address: 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 900 North Michigan and Water Tower Place.

Shopping center
is a skyscraper in , , , completed in 1989. At 871 feet tall, it is the eleventh tallest building in Chicago as of 2023 and the 59th-tallest in the United States. is situated 590 feet west of Playboy Building.

Shopping center
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is an urban mixed-use development comprising a 758,000 sq ft in a 74-story skyscraper in , Illinois. The mall is located on North Michigan Avenue, along the . is situated 660 feet south of Playboy Building.

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is a 100-story, 1,128-foot-tall supertall skyscraper located in , Illinois. Located in the district, the building was designed by Peruvian-American chief designer Bruce Graham and Bangladeshi-American structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. is situated 370 feet south of Playboy Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Along the Magnificent Mile and Streeterville.

Neighborhood
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.
The Magnificent Mile is the approximately one-mile-long stretch of from the to Oak Street on the Near North Side of , Illinois.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located north of the , it is bounded by the river on the south, the portion of on the west, and on the north and east.

Quarter
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The is a historic district in , Illinois. Part of Chicago's community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street.

Playboy Building

Latitude
41.89977° or 41° 53′ 59″ north
Longitude
-87.62351° or 87° 37′ 25″ west
Elevation
591 feet (180 metres)
Levels
37
Open location code
86HJV9XG+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 143756601
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­apartments
Geo­Names ID
4906165
Wiki­data ID
Q3387206
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Playboy Building” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مبنى بالموليف”
  • Basque: “Palmolive Building”
  • Chinese: “棕欖大廈”
  • Chinese: “玩伴女郎大楼”
  • Chinese: “玩伴女郎大樓”
  • Dutch: “Palmolive Building”
  • French: “Palmolive Building”
  • Hebrew: “בניין פלמוליב”
  • Italian: “Palmolive Building”
  • Russian: “Палмолив-билдинг”
  • Spanish: “Palmolive Building”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Near North and River North.

Nearby Places

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