June 10, 1923 – The Chicago Tribune prints the following announcement, “On this June
morning, which brings its diamond jubilee day, The Chicago Tribune takes the first step toward the creation of a
monument which shall commemorate three-quarters of a century of achievement and
shall be to this community and this newspaper an inspiration for the
future.” [Chicago Tribune, June 10, 1943]
With prizes totaling $100,000 the paper opens “to the architects of all
countries’ an opportunity to design “the most beautiful building in the modern
world” to be constructed on North Michigan Avenue jest west of the paper’s
existing printing plant. For a
reasonably concise explanation of the competition and how it came out, you can
head to http://www.connectingthewindycity.com/2012/11/tribune-tower-competition.html.
The
goals of the contest are four in number.
They include:
1. The erection of a structure of
enduring beauty which shall be at once a glory to journalism and to the city,
and a model of practicality. The Tribune seeks, in short, artistic
nobility and business effectiveness.
2. The providing of new quarters
for the rapidly extending demands of a newspaper which, though it looks back
this morning on 75 fruitiful years, lives in an unparalleled present.
3. The offering of financial
encouragement so emphatic and so prompt that it will give fresh impetus to the
great cause of commercial architecture in America. Whether this encouragement will discover and
develop new talent, or give added recognition to men whose fame is already
established, the result of this competition will show.
4. The addition to the assured
architectural splendors of the new North Michigan boulevard of a building which
will give the tone and tendency to a thoroughfare that soon will be the most
impressive street in the western world.
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