The Gothic Tribune Tower in Chicago.

The Tribune Tower is a 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 AM) also broadcasts from the building, with ground-level studios overlooking nearby Pioneer Court and Michigan Avenue. Tribune Tower - Chicago, Illinois USA Photograph taken April, 2004 by Ben Miller. ... Tribune Tower - Chicago, Illinois USA Photograph taken April, 2004 by Ben Miller. ... It has been suggested that Neo-gothic architecture be merged into this article or section. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, The City of Big Shoulders Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area    - City 606. ... It has been suggested that Neo-gothic architecture be merged into this article or section. ... Michigan Avenue is a north-south road in Chicago, Illinois. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, The City of Big Shoulders Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area    - City 606. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois. ... The Tribune Company is a large multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ... WGN-AM is a radio station on 720kHz in Chicago, co-owned with WGN-TV. WGN-AMs transmitter is located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. ...

In 1922, the Chicago Tribune hosted an international design competition for its new headquarters and offered a $50,000 prize for "the most beautiful and eye-catching building in the world". The competition worked brilliantly 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 Howells & Hood—John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood—with buttresses near the top. This was a established design tactic, with a Gothic-skyscraper precedent in Cass Gilbert's Woolworth Building of 1910. As was the case with most of Hood's projects, the sculptures and decorations were executed by the American artist Rene Paul Chambellan. Neo-gothic architecture is an American branch of the Gothic revival style that was imported from England in the 1830s. ... The Daily News Building, on which Howells collaborated with Raymond Hood John Mead Howells (August 14, 1868 - September 22, 1959) was an American architect. ... Raymond M. Hood (March 29, 1881 - August 14, 1934) was an early-mid twentieth century architect who worked in the Art Deco style. ... Woolworth Building (New York City), was the worlds tallest building at the time it was built, in 1909. ... The Woolworth Building, at sixty stories, is one of the oldest — and one of the most famous — skyscrapers in New York City. ... Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak, Michigan Rene Paul Chambellan (September 15, 1893 – November 29, 1955) was an American sculptor, born in West Hoboken, New Jersey. ...

The entry that many perceived as the best—a radically simplified tower by the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen—took second place. Saarinen's tower, which anticipated the coming impact of stripped-down modernism on building form, was preferred by critics like Louis Sullivan, and was a strong influence on the next generation of skyscrapers — including Raymond Hood's own subsequent work on the McGraw-Hill Building and Rockefeller Center. The 1929 Gulf Building in Houston, Texas, designed by architects Alfred C. Finn, Kenneth Franzheim, and J. E. R. Carpenter, is a full realization of that Saarinen design. César Pelli's 181 West Madison Street Building in Chicago is thought to be inspired by Saarinen's design. Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873, Rantasalmi, Finland – July 1, 1950, Cranbrook, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish architect who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. ... Modernism is a term which covers a variety of political, cultural and artistic movements rooted in the changes in Western society at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. ... Louis Sullivan Louis Henry (Henri) Sullivan (September 3, 1856–April 14, 1924) was an American architect, called the father of modernism. He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, and was a mentor to Frank Lloyd... McGraw-Hill Building is the name of two high-rise buildings — both of them are in midtown Manhattan, New York City. ... Lower Plaza at Rockefeller Center. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section needs to be wikified. ... Nickname: Bayou City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area    - City 1,558 km²  (601. ... César Pelli (born October 12, 1926 in Tucumán, Argentina) is a noted architect known for designing some of the worlds tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. ...

Other Tribune tower entries by figures like Walter Gropius, Bertram Goodhue, Bruno Taut, Adolf Loos remain intriguing suggestions of what might have been, but perhaps not as intriguing as the one surmounted by Rushmore-like head of an American Indian. These entries have been collected in The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition : Skyscraper Design and Cultural Change in the 1920s by Katherine Solomonson and Richard A. Etlin, 2001. In 1980 a number of architects including Robert A. M. Stern jokingly submitted "late entries". Walter Gropius (circa 1920). ... Goodhue by Lee Lawrie, holding the Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago, Illinois Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (April 28, 1869 - April 23, 1924) was a renowned American architect celebrated for his work in neo-gothic design. ... Bruno Julius Florian Taut (May 4, 1880, Konigsberg, Germany - December 24, 1938, Istanbul), was a prolific German architect, urban planner and author active in the Weimar period. ... Adolf Loos (December 10, 1870 in Brno, Moravia–August 8, 1933 in Vienna, Austria) was an early-20th century Viennese modernist architect who is associated with the International Style. ... Robert A.M. Stern Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern, (born May 23, 1939) is an American architect and Dean of the [[Yale University School of Architecture. ...

Construction on the actual Tribune Tower was completed in 1925 and reached a height of 462 feet (141 meters) above ground. The buttresses surrounding the peak of the tower are especially telling when the tower is lit at night. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Tribune Tower's entrance, seen with elabourate decorations.

The tower features carved images of Robin Hood (Hood) and a howling dog (Howells) near the main entrance to commemorate the architects. Prior to the building of the Tribune Tower, correspondents for the Chicago Tribune brought back rocks and bricks from a variety of historically important sites throughout the world at the request of Colonel McCormick. Many of these reliefs have been incorporated into the lowest levels of the building and are labeled with their location of origin. Stones included in the wall are from such sites as the Trondheim Cathedral, Taj Mahal, the Parthenon, the Great Pyramid, The Alamo, Notre-Dame, Abraham Lincoln’s Tomb, the Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall among others. In all, there are 136 fragments in the building. More recently a rock returned from the moon was displayed in a window in the Tribune giftstore (it could not be added to the wall as NASA owns all moon rocks, and it is merely on loan to the Tribune), and a piece of steel recovered from the World Trade Center has been added to the wall. On April 11, 2006 the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum opened, occupying two stories of the building, including the previous location of high-end gift store Hammacher-Schlemmer. Robin Hood memorial statue in Nottingham. ... The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Picture of the Nidaros Cathedral in 1857. ... Taj Mahal The Tāj Mahal (Hindi: ; Persian/Urdu: تاج محال) is a monument located in Agra, India, at 27° 1028. ... // The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west. ... The Alamo is a popular destination for tourists in San Antonio. ... This article is about the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was an American politician who served as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... The Great Wall in the winter The Great Wall of China (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng; literally The long wall of 10,000 Li (里)¹) is a Chinese fortification built from the 5th century BC until the beginning of the 17th century, in order to protect... East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, 20 November 1961. ... Bulk silicate composition (estimated wt%) SiO2 44. ... NASA Insignia Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Engineer Bob 06:58, 22 April 2006 (UTC) Category: ...

Statue of Nathan Hale

Rene Paul Chambellan contributed his sculpture talents to the buildings ornamentation, gargoyles and the famous Aesops' Screen over the main entrance doors. Rene Chambellan worked on other projects with Raymond Hood including the American Radiator Building and Rockefeller Center in New York City, also providing all of the modelling work for that project. Also, among the gargoyles on the Tribune Tower is one of a frog. That piece was created by Rene Chambellan to represent himself jokingly as he is of French ancestry. Nathan Hale, by Frederick MacMonnies, 1893, City Hall Park, New York Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 62, 1246) was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. ...

See also

• Chicago architecture

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