What’s That Building? Promontory Point

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Original Load Date July 27, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated July 27, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/architecture/2026/07/27/whats-that-building-promontory-point

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Promontory Point, a 40-acre bulb poking eastward into Lake Michigan at 55th Street, is a deliberately picturesque piece of the south lakefront. A peninsula where no cars can go, it feels like a self-contained sanctuary. There’s the red-roofed tower of the stone fieldhouse, the many mature green tre...