Tribune Tower has twin buildings in Rockford and Elgin, Illinois
Both the Rockford News Tower and Elgin Tower appear to have been built recently, however it's amazing that they were both built just a few years after the Tribune Tower.
Tribune Tower: 1922; News Tower: 1930; Elgin Tower: 1929
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Rockford's News Tower
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It's rather striking the similiarties between the News Tower in Rockford, Illinois and the Tribune Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
"The structure was built in 1930 along the Rock River in the art deco style of its time by its first female publisher, Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms. Simms was a member of the McCormick family who founded the Chicago Tribune. She had the News Tower designed to look like the Tribune Tower in Chicago." from gannett.com
I've been working in the Tribune Tower for over six years. I'd love to inside the News Tower and see if there are any similiarities. News Tower is now on my
43places list.
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Elgin Tower |  |
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Then there's another sibling to the Tribune Tower --the Elgin Tower in Elgin, Illinois.
Completed in 1929 by the St. Louis Bank Building & Equipment Company, this 15 story 186 foot Art Deco building was designed to house Home National Bank & Home Trust and Savings Bank. Gray granite and Bedford Indiana limestone are used on the exterior surfaces.
