Chase Tower (Chicago)

Chase Tower
General information
Location	Chicago, Illinois USA[1]
Coordinates	41°52′54″N 87°37′48″W / 41.881568°N 87.630064°W / 41.881568; -87.630064Coordinates: 41°52′54″N 87°37′48″W / 41.881568°N 87.630064°W / 41.881568; -87.630064
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
[6]

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 tenth tallest building in Chicago, the tallest building inside the Chicago 'L' Loop elevated tracks, and the 32nd 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

The building formerly had the headquarters of the Bank One Corporation.^[9] The building's name was changed from Bank One Tower on October 24, 2005, as a result of a corporate merger. Earlier, the building and plaza were called First National Plaza; when constructed, it was home to the First National Bank of Chicago. ^[10]

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 in the building.^[11]

Design and features

Design architects for the construction were C.F. Murphy Associates 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. ^[10]

See also

	Chicago portal
	Illinois portal
	Architecture portal

• List of tallest buildings in the United States
• List of tallest buildings in Chicago
• World's tallest structures
• List of tallest buildings in the world

Position in Chicago's skyline

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Chase Tower - Chicago Architecture". Chicagoarchitecture.info. http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1038/Chase_Tower.php. Retrieved 2007-07-08. 
2. ^ "Skyscraper.org". Skyscraper.org. http://www.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/BIG_BUILDINGS/CONTENT/jumbos/j_04.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-08. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Chase Tower - Chicago Architecture
4. ^ "Chase Tower". Skyscraper.org. http://www.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/BIG_BUILDINGS/CONTENT/jumbos/j_04.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-08. 
5. ^ "Chase Tower, Chicago". A View on Cities. http://www.aviewoncities.com/building/chasetower.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-08. 
6. ^ Chase Tower (Chicago) at Emporis
7. ^ JPMorgan History | The History of Our Firm
8. ^ "Contact Us." Exelon. Retrieved on December 5, 2009.
9. ^ "Contact Information." Bank One Corporation. April 10, 2001. Retrieved on March 31, 2010.
10. ^ ^{a b} "Chase Tower". Skyscraper.org. http://www.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/BIG_BUILDINGS/CONTENT/jumbos/j_04.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-08. 
11. ^ "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!." Retrieved on February 9, 2010.

External links

• projectchicago.org entry: Chase Tower
• Emporis listing
• Chase press release when the company changed the tower's name in 2005
• skyscraper.org