Across the street from the Wrigley Building stands the 463-foot-tall gothic Tribune Tower. Competed in 1925, this building was the result of an international architectural competition to build a new office building celebrating the Chicago Tribune’s 75th anniversary. (263 entries from 23 countries were submitted.)

The Tribune Tower was recently renovated, turning the building into a mixed-use space with offices, high-end residential units and ground-level retail.

The building, with its Indiana limestone facade and Medieval Europe inspired tower, is famous for the fragments of famous structures from around the globe (including the Great Wall of China, the Parthenon and the Coliseum) which are embedded into the walls at street level. The stone archway entrance also contains ornate carvings of characters from Aesop’s Fables, and the interior lobby walls are carved with quotations from from the likes of Ben Franklin, Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson stressing the importance of a free press.

Everyone has a good time examining this building. If you have an interest, cross the street to take a closer look.

The Chicago Tribune sold this building and moved it's staff to the Prudential Building (south of the Chicago River, near Millennium Park) in 2018.

When done, continue walking north on Michigan Avenue.