The Buckingham, formerly known as Buckingham Plaza, is a 44-story all-residential

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, the building sits between the new

340 on the Park 340 on the Park is a residential tower in the Lakeshore East development of the neighborhood of New Eastside/ East Loop Chicago and was completed in 2007. The building briefly surpassed 55 East Erie as the tallest all-residential building in C ...

building to its west and the older

Outer Drive East 400 East Randolph Street Condominiums or simply 400 East Randolph (formerly Outer Drive East) is a 40-story high-rise in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Reinheimer & Associates. The building primarily consists of residential condominiums, though th ...

building to its east. Two parks,

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and Lakeshore East Park, are immediately located to The Buckingham's south and north faces respectively. It is one of the few buildings that predates the new surrounding

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development in the

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neighborhood. There are 7 rooms located on every residential floor of the building for a total of 306 units. An indoor pool, sauna, laundry room, fitness center and open roof deck are located on the top floor. The Buckingham has 3 high-speed

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s that run the length of the building plus one elevator that runs from the first floor to each floor of the 4-story underground parking garage.

Position in Chicago's skyline

The Buckingham is east of

. It appears (unlabelled) in front of Park Tower in the diagram below.

References

External links

Official SiteMore Photos from ''Chicago Architecture''
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The Buckingham East 225 East 86th Street is a luxury condominium on 86th Street between Second Avenue and Third Avenue in the Yorkville neighborhood of the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It is a 15-story building that was built in 1981 and convert ...

, a luxury condominium on the Upper East Side of Manhattan