TRIBUNE TOWER:
435 N. Michigan Ave.
Cost: 8.5 million dollars. Height from sidewalk to building’s top: 456 feet, Number of stories: 36, Number of caissons (underground, poured-in-place concrete pillars): 60, Depth of caissons to bedrock: 125 feet, Major construction materials: 9,316 tons of steel, 13,160 tons of stone. The Tribune Tower’s inner frame is made of steel, fireproofed with concrete; its outer walls are of Indiana limestone in varied shades of gray. Announcement of the Tribune architecture competition: June 10, 1922, 23 countries were represented with 263 entrants. Total prize money for Tribune Tower Design Competition: $100,000- First Place- John Mead Howells and Raymond M. Hood, New York City, $50,000. Second Place- Eliel Saarinen, Helsinki, Finland, $20,000. Third Place- Holabird & Roche, Chicago, $10,000. Groundbreaking Date: May 24, 1923,
Opening Date: July 6, 1925. Original blueprint scale was 1/8”.

This beautiful and unique rendering is 24 inches wide and 48 inches tall, and
printed on a varnished, 100 lb. stock.
The print retails for $45 unframed and $200 framed.

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