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Where is mention of buildings outside of downtown?

I'm not making the changes or adding anything; sorry, not enough of a Wikipedian for that. But where are the buildings outside of downtown and the Near North Side? Why is Park Place Tower (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Place_Tower) 530.5 feet/161.7m not included? Or Park Tower in Edgewater? Or Regent's Park in Hyde Park?

I think I understand someone has given this section a minimum height, but the result leaves the impression that there are no tall buildings outside of the greater Loop and Near North Side, which is misleading. The most encompassing and iconic view of Chicago's skyline is from the lake with all the buildings marching up from South Shore to Edgewater. This article as presented cuts off either end. Robinbirk (talk • contribs) 15:15, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I added an Honorable mentions section. --Pascal⁶⁶⁶ 00:04, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Section on non-buidlings?

There is a very odd section in this page on buildings that do not exist. The title, and thus the scope, of this list is and should be the tallest buildings in Chicago, not the tallest imaginary structures that at one point were thought to have maybe been built. Mattximus (talk) 12:31, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And it doesn't include The Illinois.Kdammers (talk) 17:11, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Increased height cutoff for Under Construction/Proposed sections?

Considering the cutoff for the main list is 550 feet, I think it makes little sense for the cutoff for the Under Construction and Proposed sections to be considerably shorter (300 feet). I am inclined to increase the cutoff for these sections to 400 feet in order to decrease the amount of non-notable buildings that will ultimately be deleted off this wiki page when they are completed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chieditor14 (talk • contribs) 18:47, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Reference:skyscrapercenter.com

I made some changes using this list. There are now 83 entries on the list of buildings with at least 550 ft. height. This agrees with the reference. However, there are some discrepancies. The Chase Tower (Chicago) is on place 10 in the reference with 265 m height, but other references give 259 m. I did not change entries with such discrepancies. --Kallichore (talk) 21:02, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rank discrepancies

Franklin Center 1,007 (307) 21st-tallest building in the United States; tallest building constructed in Chicago in the 1980s.

Two Prudential Plaza 995 (303); 16th tallest. Kdammers (talk) 17:04, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This self-contradiction is still here over a year after first reported.Kdammers (talk) 16:00, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Tallest chicago" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Tallest chicago. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 September 25#Tallest chicago until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Regards, SONIC678 16:30, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No longer under construction?

Hello everybody. Vista Tower, now named St. Regis Chicago, was moved from the "under construction" section to the main section of the article with this edit on October 26. But, the building hasn't opened yet. Shouldn't it be left in the "under construction" section until it's open for occupancy? Or until there's some other milestone to mark the completion of construction? That'll be soon, apparently, but I think we're not there yet. (Pinging @Bignerd06: who made this change.) — Mudwater^(Talk) 12:40, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I just moved it because it’s already architecturally topped out, and people are moving into the condos within this year. If you feel differently, you can change it, but that just means we’ll have to do it over again in a few months. Bignerd06 (talk) 14:56, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion it would be better to put it back in the "under construction" secton until it's somehow declared to be completed or occupants start moving in. They're saying that that'll be soon, but by WP:FUTURE the article shouldn't predict that or say that it's already happened. On the other hand, it is architecturally topped out, as you say, so it might depend on the definition of "under construction". — Mudwater^(Talk) 15:09, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I see your point, but with the first residents planned on arriving in less than a month, and the fact that the only construction occurring is on the interior, it seems fruitless to remove it from the main list for such a short period of time. Bignerd06 (talk) 18:39, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Buyers have started moving in to the St. Regis Chicago, according to this story from Crain's Chicago Business. — Mudwater^(Talk) 02:41, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

skyline

Recently, a comment about Chicago having the best skyline in the country was removed as being an opinion. https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-skylines-in-america-seattle-chicago-and-las-vegas-top-our-list ranks Chicago's skyline as number 2 after Seattle. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/12-cities-with-the-most-beautiful-skylines-in-the-united-states.html ranks it 12th. Stacker placed it second behind NYC (reported in http://www.chicagonow.com/chicagonow-staff-blog/2018/04/best-skylines-united-states/#image/35). A Pittsburgh native (https://scenicstates.com/best-skylines-in-the-us/), puts it second behind his Iron City. https://theluxurytravelexpert.com/2018/08/20/top-10-best-skylines-world/ places it 8th in the world, well behind the other American city on the list, New York, at number 2. A poll ( city data, a black-listed link) landed it third behind America's largest city and the home of Coke. Kdammers (talk) 04:13, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Vista=St Regis

The graphic showing the tallest buildings has Vista, yet Vista does not appear in the list. A look at a footnote indicates that Vista must be same as St Regis. The reader should be helped by making this clear without having to dig through footnotes. Kdammers (talk) 04:18, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]