A farewell to Tribune Tower and a shout-out to its architects
by Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune
Jun 07, 2018
4 minutes
Deadlines focus the eye as well as the mind.
As Chicago Tribune journalists prepare to leave Tribune Tower on Friday, I find my eyes roaming over the tower's flamboyant neo-Gothic silhouette and its innumerable alluring details, like a sculpture of a wise old owl who clutches a camera and symbolizes the powers of careful observation. These last looks are both pleasurable and painful. I love this building, love it more deeply because we're about to leave it. Yet the anticipation of being kicked out is like waiting for a Band-Aid to get stripped off. As I've heard many of my newsroom colleagues say,
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