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Chase Tower
Chase Tower

Chase Tower in Chicago is a 60 story skyscraper completed in 1969. At 850 feet (259 m) tall, it is the ninth tallest building in Chicago, the tallest building inside the Chicago 'L' Loop elevated tracks, and the twenty-ninth tallest in the United States. It also occupies the Loop's central block, as defined by the elevated tracks. Design architects for the construction were C.F. Murphy Associates and Perkins and Will. It is located at 21 South Clark Street. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 349 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chase Tower (Chicago) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 349 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chase Tower (Chicago) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... This article is about Illinois largest city. ... For other uses, see Skyscraper (disambiguation). ... Year 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The L[1], variously, if perhaps incorrectly, styled L, El, EL, or L, is the rapid transit system that serves Chicago, Illinois in the United States. ... The Loop is what locals call the historical center of downtown Chicago. ... Perkins+Will is an international architecture, interiors, planning + strategies, and branded environments firm with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Hartford, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Research Triangle Park, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Vancouver, Victoria, and Washington, DC. Since 1935, Perkins+Will has collaborated with...


Chase Tower is known for both its distinctive curving shape and its vibrant public space: a deep sunken plaza at the geographic center of the Chicago Loop formed by the elevated train tracks, complete with a jet fountain and Marc Chagall's ceramic wall mural Four Seasons. The Loop is what locals call the historical center of downtown Chicago. ... Marc Chagall as photographed in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten. ... The Four Seasons can refer to: The annual cycle of the astronomical, geographic, and climatic phenomenon of season The Four Seasons, a singing group led by Frankie Valli; The Four Seasons, the collective name for four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi; The Four Seasons, the collective name for four tangos...


The building's name was changed from Bank One Plaza on October 24, 2005 as a result of a corporate merger. Before that, the building was named First National Plaza – a name changed after a different corporate merger. When constructed it was home to the First National Bank of Chicago. October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Since May 2005 the National Public Radio show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is taped on Thursday nights before a live audience at the Chase Auditorium in the building. Offical NPR logo National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States. ... Wait Wait. ...


The 56th floor of the building contains a full-floor private club (The Mid-Day club) that is available for event rental.


See also

The 400 North Lake Shore Drive is going to be 2,000 feet tall and is expected to be completed in 2010. ... Chicago downtown Chicago has the tallest building in the United States, the Sears Tower, and many slightly shorter buildings, almost all in the Loop or along North Michigan Avenue. ... For many millennia the record holder for worlds tallest structure was clearly defined (see table below. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). ...

External links

Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

References

  • Emporis listing
  • Chase press release when they changed the name in 2005
  • skyscraper.org

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