After walking all over downtown Chicago last night, I fell in love with it all over again. It is such an eclectic city scape. The buildings are just amazing and hold so much history. The Tribune Building was designed in a competition by John Howells and Raymond Hood in 1922. The competition theme was to design "the most beautiful and distinctive office building in the world." The Wriggly Building was the first major office building built north of the Chicago River and Michigan Avenue. The architects used French Renaissance influences in the design of the Wriggly Building. Structurally it was inspired by the shape of the Giralda tower of Seville's Cathedral.
Go downtown, walk around for a little while and enjoy it's beauty!
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