Chase Tower, located in the

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area of

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, in the

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at 10 South Dearborn Street, is a 60-story

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completed in 1969. At 850 feet (259 m) tall, it is the eleventh-tallest building in Chicago and the tallest building inside the

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Loop elevated tracks, and, as of May 2022, the 66th-tallest in the United States.

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has its U.S. and Canada commercial and retail banking headquarters here. The building is also the headquarters of

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. The building and its plaza (known as Exelon Plaza) occupy the entire block bounded by

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, Dearborn,

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, and Monroe streets.

History

Before the building was constructed, the Morrison Hotel, on its former site, was demolished in 1965. The building first opened in 1969 as First National Plaza. When constructed, it was the headquarters of First Chicago Corporation. In 1998, it became the headquarters for

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, and accordingly it was renamed Bank One Tower, The current name dates from October 24, 2005, one year after Bank One merged with Chase. Chase's retail bank division is based in the tower. For a time the

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show '' Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' was taped on Thursday nights before a live audience at the Chase Auditorium under the plaza. In 2022 the show permanently moved to the Fine Arts Building.

Design and features

Design architects for the construction were C.F. Murphy Associates, Stanislaw Z. Gladych and

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. 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

, complete with a jet fountain and

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's ceramic wall mural '' Four Seasons''. The ground floor is home to the largest Chase Bank branch in Chicago with 22 ATMs.

Position in Chicago's skyline

References

External links

projectchicago.org entry: Chase Tower

Emporis listing

Chase press release
when the company changed the tower's name in 2005

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History

Design and features

See also

Position in Chicago's skyline

References

External links