Photo by Ryan Cramer
| Height | 462 feet |
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| Floors | 36 |
| Year | 1923 |
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About Tribune Tower
The Tribune Tower is a neo-Gothic building located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company. WGN Radio (720 kHz) also broadcasts from the building, with ground-level studios overlooking nearby Pioneer Court and Michigan Avenue. CNN's Chicago bureau is located in the building. It is listed as a Chicago Landmark and is a contributing property to the Michigan–Wacker Historic District. On June 10, 1922, the Chicago Tribune hosted an international design competition for its new headquarters, and offered $100,000 in prize money with a $50,000 1st prize for "the most beautiful and distinctive office building in the world". The competition worked brilliantly for months as a publicity stunt, and the resulting entries still reveal a unique turning point in American architectural history. More than 260 entries were received. The winner was a neo-Gothic design by New York architects John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood, with buttresses near the top. The entry that many perceived as the best—a radically simplified tower by the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen—took second place and received $20,000.
See Also
- Tribune Tower, Oakland
- NBC Tower, Chicago
- Wrigley Building, Chicago
- Ohio Bell Building, Cleveland
- LaSalle-Wacker Building, Chicago
- Powhatan Apartments, Chicago
- 333 North Michigan, Chicago
- London Guarantee Building, Chicago
- Gulf Building, Houston
- Skyscrapers by Raymond Hood
- Skyscrapers by John Mead Howells
- Chicago Skyscrapers