Plaza on DeWitt, Residential tower in Streeterville, Chicago, United States.
Plaza on DeWitt is a residential tower on East Chestnut Street in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, rising 43 stories with a travertine marble exterior. Inside, it holds 407 condominium units and a ground-floor space open to the public.
The building was designed in 1966 by engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was among the first towers to use what became known as the tubular construction method. That approach spread quickly and influenced how tall buildings were built in the years that followed.
The ground floor of the building houses a French restaurant that draws both residents and visitors from the Streeterville neighborhood. The travertine marble exterior makes the building easy to spot from the street and sets it apart from nearby towers.
The building can be viewed from East Chestnut Street, where the marble facade is easy to see at street level. The ground-floor restaurant is open to the public, making it a simple way to step inside without needing access to the residential floors.
The tubular method first tested here was later used in the construction of the World Trade Center towers in New York. This means a quiet residential building in Chicago served as the testing ground for a technique that shaped some of the most recognized towers of the 20th century.
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