Chase Tower (Chicago)

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Chase Tower
Chase Tower in Chicago.jpg
General information
Location Chicago, Illinois, United States[1]
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Construction started 1964
Completed 1969[1]
Height
Roof 850 ft (260 m)[1][2]
Technical details
Floor count 60 total[3]
Floor area 2.2 million ft²[4]
Design and construction
Architect C.F. Murphy Associates, Perkins and Will[5]
References
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Chase Tower, located in the Chicago Loop area of Chicago at 10 South Dearborn Street, is a 60 story skyscraper completed in 1969. At 850 feet (259 m) tall, it is the eleventh tallest building in Chicago, the tallest building inside the Chicago 'L' Loop elevated tracks, and the 40th tallest in the United States. Chase Bank has its U.S. and Canada commercial and retail banking headquarters here.[7] The building is also the headquarters of Exelon.[8] The building and its plaza (known as Exelon Plaza) occupy the entire block bounded by Clark, Dearborn, Madison, and Monroe streets.

History

Before the building was constructed, the Morrison Hotel, on its former site, was demolished in 1965. The building first opened in 1969 as First National Plaza. When constructed, it was the headquarters of First Chicago Corporation.[9] In 1998, it became the headquarters for Bank One Corporation, and accordingly it was renamed Bank One Tower,[10] The current name dates from October 24, 2005, after Bank One merged with Chase. Chase's retail bank division is based in the tower.

Since May 2005 the National Public Radio show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is taped on Thursday nights before a live audience at the Chase Auditorium under the plaza.[11]

Design and features

Design architects for the construction were C.F. Murphy Associates, Stanislaw Z. Gladych and Perkins and Will.[3] Chase Tower is known for both its distinctive curving shape and its vibrant public space: a deep sunken plaza at the geographic center of the Chicago Loop, complete with a jet fountain and Marc Chagall's ceramic wall mural Four Seasons.[9]

The ground floor is home to the largest Chase Bank branch in Chicago with 22 ATMs.

See also

Position in Chicago's skyline

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References

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  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chase Tower - Chicago Architecture
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  6. ↑ Chase Tower (Chicago) at Emporis
  7. ↑ JPMorgan History | The History of Our Firm
  8. ↑ "Contact Us." Exelon. Retrieved on December 5, 2009.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ "Contact Information." Bank One Corporation. April 10, 2001. Retrieved on March 31, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!." Retrieved on February 9, 2010.

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