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227 East Walton Place Apartment Building

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The 227 East Walton Place Apartment Building is a historic apartment building located in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Designed by Chicago architect Harry Weese and constructed in 1956, the building is situated two blocks east of Chicago's fashionable Magnificent Mile and one block west of DuSable Lake Shore Drive in the Streeterville neighborhood.It was designated as a Chicago Landmark on December 8, 2004.

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