# CHICAGO | The Paragon | 488 FT | 47 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Completed\ **Created:** [March 1, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212 "2018-03-01T20:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/1 "2018-03-01T20:13:41Z")
Residential project north of One Grant. Very nice tower, definitely one of my favorites. [Website](http://theparagonchicago.com/) - 500 residences - 488 feet - designed by [Solomon Cordwell Buenz](http://www.scb.com/) Rendering: ![The Paragon Chicago, 1326 South Michigan Avenue](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/1/f1aeaacfbf133eb37118c3475826b0bd244a5f95.jpeg) Construction update (February 15th): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/e/9e925ba878acc51fad9b247b2d9d96e4217afa8d.jpg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/d/7df38a0f7fe360193a38fec338e53ba13cc750aa.jpg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/a/5ad6e04df3367d8fbbc4ed742f38304934d4e813.jpg) ([BuildingUpChicago](https://buildingupchicago.com/tag/the-paragon-chicago/)) This tower is almost directly behind One Grant. The amount of towers going up along Grant Park and Michigan Avenue is staggering. Chicago is on fire!!! ---
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/2 "2018-03-09T20:04:55Z")
New update! Picture taken March 6th by [htc oakpark](https://www.flickr.com/photos/10107266@N03/): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/e/1e601b6b8700a53d9d078b599924f3f48ed4ec9d.jpg) I feel like construction in Chicago and NYC are equally fast. It’s amazing to see towers go up so quick. Obviously this tower isn’t flying, but in general, I feel the speed for both cities are about the same. Anywho, have a great weekend! πŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/3 "2018-04-01T15:19:33Z")
Taken March 21st by [hrc oakpark](https://www.flickr.com/photos/10107266@N03/): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/1/c14aef52e67ebee4d4437ec1ba0e5ed093056e41.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/4 "2018-04-22T03:59:58Z")
Taken April 11th by [BuildingUpChicago](https://buildingupchicago.com/2018/04/11/the-paragon-chicago-continues-its-gain-of-height-glass/): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/a/4ae17601b5b7a8c7f9d5279a56fcc3cef99e12c3.jpg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/5/a57125f976eafea33f1efdf73b03fda85bfc1f57.jpg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/f/0f7b66a4b30496c2e90aa4ddc798e354483934c7.jpg) This one seems to be very slow. Like, unsettlingly slow. Ah well Β―\_(ツ)\_/Β― Have a great weekend! πŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/5 "2018-05-14T16:21:56Z")
From April 30th: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/c/5c99987fbc82a32edfd6a1a5f26b6d6116c5197a.jpg) (SolarWind) ---
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/6 "2018-06-10T03:31:41Z")
Taken May 30th by [hrc oakpark](http://forum.newyorkyimby.com/clicks/track?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F10107266%40N03%2F&post_id=42688&topic_id=4212): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/c/3c872ac44ccc642d9ea6516fd0c4eaedaa2f339a.jpg) Seems to be going up rather slow compared to other buildings in Chicago. Looks good though! Have a good week! πŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/7 "2018-09-17T19:35:05Z")
Looks to be almost topped out! (August 7th): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/b/6b1814906ca488a124f364a45d034c81050ec787.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/8 "2018-09-20T20:12:12Z")
September 12th (on right): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/e/6e63461033b28acaf2c6976d48c68b21b92c1778.jpeg) Taken by BVictor1 ---
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/9 "2018-10-12T18:57:00Z")
Taken October 3rd: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/8/c82b8afebbb22813b7ea07a50cd325fc4988ac18.jpeg) Half of it has topped out! Looking sleek πŸ˜‰ ([@SolarWind](http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=8337678&postcount=226)) ---
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/10 "2018-10-29T15:02:49Z")
Taken October 28th: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/b/0bdd006d67341f6b43f29a4800073ce5e36d74b8.jpeg) [NEMA - Chicago](https://flic.kr/p/QamJzE) by [Harry Carmichael](https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr Paragon is the right tower under construction. Have a good day! ---
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/11 "2019-02-19T16:20:36Z")
Looks like it’s gonna complete this year! Looks good πŸ™‚ (Left and down from NEMA) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/3/f3ec73afa4ba085d8f5fa58897a226269d0ab6d6.jpeg) [Chicago Winter 2019](https://flic.kr/p/QUrybz) by [Bryan Redeker](https://www.flickr.com/photos/brgt350/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![Oatmeal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oatmeal/32/22720_2.png) [@Oatmeal](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oatmeal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-the-paragon-488-ft-47-floors/4212/12 "2019-05-20T19:50:19Z")
Complete! πŸ™‚ Taken on May 13th: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/d/3d12fc1e36fd73df7a581cf7b11cad790e8215e5.jpeg) [Chicago | Paragon](https://flic.kr/p/2fX7GiP) by [Harry Carmichael](https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr