Tribune Tower

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historic building office building skyscraper

Tribune Tower is a neo-Gothic skyscraper in downtown Chicago that long served as the headquarters of the Chicago Tribune newspaper and is famed for its ornate design and embedded historic stones.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Chicago Tribune Tower 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
address 435 North Michigan Avenue ⓘ
architect John Mead Howells ⓘ
Raymond Hood ⓘ
architecturalCompetition Chicago Tribune Tower competition ⓘ
architecturalStyle neo-Gothic ⓘ
category Chicago Landmark ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Landmarks

Gothic Revival architecture in Illinois ⓘ
Office buildings completed in 1925 ⓘ
Skyscrapers in Chicago ⓘ
city Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
completionDate 1925 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1923 ⓘ
coordinates 41.8903°N 87.6234°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designationDate 1966 ⓘ
developer Chicago Tribune ⓘ
floorCount 36 ⓘ
formerFunction headquarters of Tribune Company ⓘ
formerOwner Tribune Company ⓘ
Tribune Company ⓘ
surface form: Tribune Media
function headquarters of the Chicago Tribune ⓘ
hasPart fragments of world landmarks in façade ⓘ
height 141 m ⓘ
463 ft ⓘ
heritageStatus Chicago Landmark ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Chicago Loop ⓘ
location Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
nearby Chicago River ⓘ
DuSable Bridge ⓘ
Wrigley Building ⓘ
notableFeature buttressed top ⓘ
embedded historic stones ⓘ
flying buttresses ⓘ
neo-Gothic crown ⓘ
ornate stonework ⓘ
pinnacles ⓘ
setback design ⓘ
opened 1925 ⓘ
owner Tribune Company ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Tribune Company
partOf Magnificent Mile ⓘ
primaryUse newspaper headquarters ⓘ
stoneFragmentsFrom The Alamo ⓘ
surface form: Alamo Mission in San Antonio

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Berlin Wall ⓘ
Cologne Cathedral ⓘ
Great Pyramid of Giza ⓘ
Great Wall of China ⓘ
Hagia Sophia ⓘ
Independence Hall ⓘ
Lincoln Tomb ⓘ
surface form: Lincoln’s Tomb

Notre-Dame Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Notre-Dame de Paris

the Parthenon ⓘ
surface form: Parthenon

Sydney Opera House ⓘ
Taj Mahal ⓘ
Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
street North Michigan Avenue ⓘ
tenant Chicago Tribune ⓘ
WGN Radio ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Magnificent Mile → hasLandmark → Tribune Tower ⓘ
North Michigan Avenue → hasLandmark → Tribune Tower ⓘ
Indiana limestone → usedIn → Tribune Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago Tribune Tower