Pensacola Place, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation

Pensacola Place was one of two residential projects in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood designed by architect Stanley Tigerman in the late 1970s. He considered these buildings to be a critique of modernist high rises along the lakefront, which were accessible only to the wealthy. Tigerman’s plan for Pensacola Place includes subversive references to classical architecture, with a large pediment gracing the top of the tower and a reception design in the shape of a column capital. In addition, this project offered an interesting typological experiment in that it included duplex townhouses and a mixed-use structure serving the neighborhood.