Where is it located?
The Tribune Tower is on 435 N.
Michigan Avenue, just north of the Chicago
Who designed it?
The architects of the Tribune Tower
were Raymond M. Hood and John Mead Howells. They won a
design competition to make the world's most beautiful
When was it built?
The Tribune Tower was built from
Why is it important?
The Tribune Tower is important because
the offices of the Chicago Tribune newspaper are located
How did they decide who was going
to build it?
The Chicago Tribune newspaper held a
contest in 1922 to design the Tribune Tower. They wanted
the world's most beautiful office building. Raymond M.
Hood and John Mead Howells were the winners of the
Is there anything interesting on
the Tribune Tower?
Yes, there are over 120 stones in the
Tribune Tower taken from other sites and structures. Some
of them are from Bunker Hill, Mark Twain's "Injun Joe
Cave", the Parthenon, and the Taj Mahal.