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walls, as is a 3.3-billion-year-old
piece of moon rock, collected
by the Apollo 15 mission.

3 Hotel
InterContinental
Chicago
505 N Michigan Ave. Map 2 D5.
Tel (312) 944-4100. q Grand (Red
Line). Open 24 hrs daily. 7 9 0
- h See Where to Stay: p144.
Originally the Shriners’
Medinah Athletic Club, this
The two-part Wrigley Building, to the left of Tribune Tower magnificent building was
renovated at a cost of $130
1 Wrigley Building the 75th anniversary of the million, reopening in 1990 as
Chicago Tribune, the newspaper the Hotel InterContinental
400–410 N Michigan Ave. Map 2 D5.
Tel (312) 923-8080. q Grand (Red whose offices still occupy the Chicago. Designed in 1929
Line). @ 3, 145, 146, 147, 151. North building. Architects were by Walter W. Ahlschlager, it is
lobby: Open 24 hrs daily; South lobby: challenged to create the most topped with a large onion-
Open 7am–6pm Mon–Fri. South beautiful office building in the shaped gilt dome.
building: Closed public hols. 7 world. From 263 submissions, Many of the building’s
∑ thewrigleybuilding.com that of New York firm Howells exterior and interior details
and Hood was chosen. Their reflect the Shriners’ interest in
The Wrigley Building rests on a Gothic design, reflected in all things Egyptian, medieval,
historical site: it was to here that the flying buttresses of the and Renaissance. Ask the
Jesuit missionary Jacques crowning tower, echoes concierge for the free self-
Marquette and explorer Louis France’s Rouen Cathedral. guided tour audiotape, which
Jolliet made their first portage The building’s ornate explains historic features.
west of the Great Lakes in the three-story arched entrance Carved in stone on the
1670s, and here that La Salle is carved with figures from 2nd-floor staircase to the Hall
planted the flag of France (see p17). Aesop’s fables. Gargoyles, such of Lions, two lions guard the
The wealthy chewing-gum as the monkey symbol izing intricate terra-cotta fountain.
manufacturer William Wrigley, Jr. human folly (below the south- Inside the King Arthur Foyer
commissioned the architectural side fourth-floor windows), and Court on the 3rd floor,
firm Graham, Anderson, embellish the facade. More colorful paintings on the
Probst and White to design than 100 rock fragments ceiling beams depict King
the building. The 30-story south from famous sites, including Arthur’s life. On the 5th floor,
tower was built in 1920, the Beijing’s Forbidden City and classical Renaissance paintings
21-story north tower in 1924. London’s Westminster Abbey, adorn the walls of the
They are connected by three are embedded in the exterior Renaissance Room Foyer.
arcades. The circular temple and
cupola rising above a massive
four-faced clock were inspired
by Seville’s Giralda Tower.
Six shades of white enamel,
from gray to cream, were baked
onto the terra-cotta cladding; at
night, it shimmers.

2 Tribune Tower
435 N Michigan Ave. Map 2 D5.
Tel (312) 981-7200. q Grand (Red
Line). Open 24 hrs daily. 7 =
The 36-story limestone Tribune
Tower is the winning design
of a 1922 international
competition sponsored by the
Tribune Company to celebrate The Johnny Weissmuller Pool at Hotel InterContinental Chicago

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