Tribune Tower

Tribune Tower
Tribune Tower in June 2013
General information
Type	Office
Location	435 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, Illinois, USA
Coordinates	41°53′25″N 87°37′25″W / 41.8904°N 87.6237°W / 41.8904; -87.6237
Construction started	1923
Completed	1925; 99 years ago (1925)
Height
Antenna spire	496 feet (151 m)
Roof	463 feet (141 m)
Top floor	428 feet (130 m)
Technical details
Floor count	36
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Howells & Hood—John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood
Chicago Landmark
Designated	February 1, 1989

The Tribune Tower is a 463-foot-tall (141 m), 36-floor neo-Gothic skyscraper located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The early 1920s international design competition for the tower became a historic event in 20th-century architecture.^[1] Built for Chicago Tribune owner Robert R. McCormick, since 2018 it has been converted into luxury residences and in 2023 won a Driehaus Prize for architectural preservation and adaptive reuse from Landmarks Illinois.^[2]

The tower was the home of the Tribune, and the related Tribune Media, Tribune Broadcasting, and Tribune Publishing. WGN Radio (720 kHz) originated broadcasts from the building until June 18, 2018. CNN's Chicago bureau was also located in the building. It is listed as a Chicago Landmark and is a contributing property to the Michigan–Wacker Historic District. Its predecessor, the first "Tribune Tower", had been built in 1868. It was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.^[3]