The Powhatan or Powhatan Apartments is a 22-story luxury

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overlooking Lake Michigan and adjacent to Burnham Park in the Kenwood neighborhood of

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. The building was designed by architects Robert De Golyer and Charles L. Morgan. Much of the Art Deco detailing is attributed to Morgan who was associated with Frank Lloyd Wright. The exterior of the luxury-apartment highrise reflects Eliel Saarinen's second place design for the

Tribune Tower The Tribune Tower is a , 36-floor neo-Gothic skyscraper located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Built between 1923 and 1925, the international design competition for the tower became a historic event in 20th-ce ...

competition of 1922. The building's terra-cotta ornamental panels feature conventionalized scenes based upon Native American culture. 20220906 roofs of The Narragansett and Powhatan Apartments from Regents Park

20220906 roofs of The Narragansett and Powhatan Apartments from Regents Park

This housing cooperative is a residential high-rise on

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. The building also hosts the only 24-hour elevator operators in Chicago. Since it and many of the neighboring high-rise apartment buildings are named for Native American tribes (such as the Algonquin, The Chippewa and the Narragansett), the area has been given the tongue-in-cheek name " Indian Village". It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 12, 1993.

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