Chase Tower
The tallest building inside Chicago's elevated 'L' Loop tracks — 850 feet of reinforced concrete that opened in 1969 under three different bank names and is now getting its first real overhaul in over 20 years.
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Chase Tower clears every other structure the 'L' Loop encircles. Its plaza consumes an entire city block between Clark, Dearborn, Madison, and Monroe. Beneath that plaza, Chase Auditorium hosted NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! before live audiences every Thursday from 2006 until the show moved to the Fine Arts Building in 2022. The tower was among the tallest reinforced-concrete buildings in the world when it opened.
What to look for
- Exelon Plaza stretching across the full block — all four sides bounded by Clark, Dearborn, Madison, and Monroe streets
- The 'L' Loop elevated tracks at street level, framing the building that out-heights everything they encircle
- The Chase Auditorium entrance below the plaza — the underground stage that hosted Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! live tapings from 2006 to 2022
10 South Dearborn Street, The Loop; public access stops at plaza level — the building interior is a working corporate headquarters for JPMorgan Chase and Exelon.
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More to see in Chicago
- Willis TowerIt held the world's tallest title for nearly 25 years after opening in 1973 — and the Skydeck is still the highest observation deck in the United States.
- Art Institute of ChicagoFour paintings you've seen your whole life — Nighthawks, La Grande Jatte, The Old Guitarist, American Gothic — hang in the same building.
- John Hancock Center (875 N Michigan Ave)A moving platform pivots you 30 degrees outward over the Magnificent Mile — 1,128 feet of nothing beneath your feet.
- Aon CenterWhen it opened in 1973 as "Big Stan," this 83-floor tower was the fourth-tallest building on Earth — and clad entirely in marble.
- United CenterThe Bulls hardwood floor is literally assembled over the Blackhawks ice and taken apart game by game — two teams, one frozen surface, shared by puzzle.
- Soldier FieldThe NFL's oldest stadium lost its National Historic Landmark status because of the renovation meant to save it.