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The History – Its striking neo-gothic design was the result of an international competition held in 1922 by Tribune co-editors Robert McCormick and Joseph Patterson, who asked contestants to "design the most beautiful and distinctive building in the world." The $100,000 booty went to two New York architects, John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood. Architect Louis Sullivan, late in his life, was quoted as saying, "It is an imaginary structure--not imaginative." – – In the Tower – Besides the Chicago Tribune, the tower is also home to WGN (720 AM). Passers-by can witness…
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The newsroom is closed to the public, but tours of the Tribune's printing plant at Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street can be arramged by calling (312) 222-2116.
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McCormick had builders include stones at street level from historical structures around the world, including the Taj Mahal, Westminster Abbey, the Great Wall of China, the Parthenon and the Alamo.
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