Saarinen design

Building design by Eliel Saarinen submitted for the Tribune Tower architectural competition, Saarinen's design placed second. The illustration is flanked by an image of the Barclay–Vesey building in New York designed by Ralph Thomas Walker that took some elements from Saarinen's Tribune Tower design, and a photograph of the Tribune Tower built by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood.

Publication date: 1928-11-25

Size: 24.2 x 10.7 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm)--Buildings--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930
• Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950--Associated objects
• Skyscrapers--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930
• Tribune Tower (Chicago, Ill.)

Genre(s):

• Illustrations

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (November 25, 1928), Picture Section/Part 1, p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950