Chicago’s Gothic landmark, standing 456 feet like a rocket on the launch pad, Tribune’s grand goal “to erect the most beautiful and distinctive office building in the world.”
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This scintillating filler text will at some point be replaced with actual content that is far less banal.
The MacNelly room sits between Robert McCormick’s and Joseph Patterson’s offices, and once housed their assistants. Now it is a small lounge area with walls adorned with the works of legendary Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Jeff MacNelly.
Posted On: December 9, 2008
The Joseph Patterson Board Room occupies what was once Joseph Medill Patterson’s office, the founder and longtime publisher of the New York Daily News. Unlike Colonel Robert McCormick’s office, none of Patterson’s furnishings or effects have been retained.
This statue is a recent addition to the Nathan Hale lobby. It was brought over from EGI, Tribune CEO Sam Zell’s investment firm, to symbolize the new culture.
Some of the Tribune’s most Earth-shattering headlines on display just off the Nathan Hale lobby.
The Tribune Tower as it exists today, with the Intercontinental Hotel visible just behind it.
