Galena High School students view the city from the observation area of Tribune Tower on March 29, The view from the top of Tribune Tower on March 7, , was heavy with fog because of thawing temperatures. Tribune photographer Jack Mulcahy was setting up a long-range camera when this picture was taken by Tribune photographer Phil Mascione. The Wrigley Building is in the center. The Tribune Tower, right, is under construction in The building was completed in The Wrigley Building is on the left.
The annex to Tribune Tower, where the newsroom is housed, is shown in this photograph taken from a helicopter in A bird's-eye view of the construction of the Tribune Tower in Pedestrians leave Tribune Tower through revolving doors. In the foreground is the cornerstone of the building, which was finished in Holiday crowds view the city and the Chicago River from the observation deck of Tribune Tower in September Jontree, of the Navy public relations department, inspects the sights from the binoculars atop Tribune Tower in People pass by the main entrance to Tribune Tower on Michigan Avenue in Tribune Tower in , with two people silhouetted in an arch of Lower Wacker Drive.
Vincent Urba and her daughter, Joyce, 6, are the last visitors on the Tribune Tower observation deck before it was closed Aug. Structural steel worker Ray Sokey, right, will soon cut down the antenna. Keith Capron, building manager, third from left, escorted the pair to the observation area. Elements of the development could include retail, residential, office space and a hotel, with the landmarked story tower at the center of any plans, according to CIM.
It was named a Chicago landmark in The three-acre property includes a surface parking lot to the east that will give rise to new construction, CIM said. The tower encompasses , square feet, but the property is zoned for up to 2. Getting the redevelopment off the ground could take some time. CIM has not selected an architect and will look for municipal and civic input to come up with a preliminary design over the next six to nine months.
Developers would like to begin construction by fall Earlier this month, Ald. The four-story facility was built for the radio station in Built in as the home of WGN television studios, this building varies in height from eight to 11 stories. The story, neo-Gothic skyscraper, finished in , was the winning entry in a worldwide architecture competition. Today, it houses a variety of companies. Since the s, city policy has encouraged developers to maintain a corridor of open space and low-rise buildings between North Michigan Avenue and Lake Shore Drive.
