Since it was first announced, commenters have raised the issue of how Solstice on the Park will fit in with its surroundings, which is not surprising, considering that it will stand opposite the Museum of Science and Industry, one of the only surviving buildings from the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. Artist renderings of the development do a good job of showing off the building’s angled windows, but they don’t put the building into context very well.
The site of the future high-rise is currently occupied by a parking lot (seen above), which is just east of Bret Harte Elementary School.
Initial reports in 2007 called the tower “Windermere West,” probably because it’s located across the street from Windermere House, a large limestone hotel from the 1920s that has been converted to rental apartments. (The photo at right is of Windermere House, taken from the future site of Solstice on the Park.)