Vue53

Vue53 is the newest addition to the rapidly evolving skyline of Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. A mixed-use development with 267 units, modern amenities, and 28,000 sf of retail space, Vue53 offers contemporary living space in an historic area.

Once the retail center of Hyde Park, 53rd Street is lined with an eclectic mix of three- to fourstory buildings punctuated with eight- to 10story buildings, such as the 1920sera Hyde Park Bank Building, which reaches the same height as Vue53. At 13 stories tall, Vue53’s blue glassclad exterior and rectilinear concrete frame symbolizes the rebirth of 53rd street as a retail and entertainment destination.

The architecture carefully responds to its context. The mass of the building is divided into two towers. The south tower is on 53rd street; voids in the elevation minimize the structure’s perceived mass while framing views of the park across the street. The north tower is set 100 feet back from the street to minimize its mass. Parking occupies the two floors above the retail level, screened from 53rd Street by apartments and amenity spaces lining the south facade.

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