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Chase Tower, located in the
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 Bank One Corporation, 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
projectchicago.org entry: Chase Tower
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Chase press release
when the company changed the tower's name in 2005
{{Chicago Skyscrapers Office buildings completed in 1969 Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago JPMorgan Chase buildings 1969 establishments in Illinois
Chicago Loop
The Loop is Chicago's central business district and one of the city's 77 municipally recognized Community areas in Chicago, community areas. Located at the center of downtown Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan, it is the second-largest busi ...
area of Chicago
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, Illinois, at 10 South Dearborn Street, is a 60-story skyscraper
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completed in 1969. At 850 feet (259 m) tall, it is the fourteenth-tallest building in Chicago and the tallest building inside the Chicago 'L' Loop elevated tracks, and, as of May 2022, the 66th-tallest in the United States. JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational financial services, finance corporation headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. It is List of largest banks in the United States, the largest ba ...
has its U.S. and Canada commercial and retail banking headquarters here. The building is also the headquarters of Exelon
Exelon Corporation is an American public utility headquartered in Chicago, and incorporated in Pennsylvania. Exelon is the largest electric parent company in the United States by revenue and is the largest regulated electric utility in the Uni ...
.
The building and its plaza (known as Exelon Plaza) occupy the entire block bounded by Clark, Dearborn, Madison, 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 Bank One Corporation, 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 National Public Radio
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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 Perkins and Will. Chase Tower is known for both its distinctive curving shape and its vibrant public space: a deep sunken plaza at the geographic center of theChicago Loop
The Loop is Chicago's central business district and one of the city's 77 municipally recognized Community areas in Chicago, community areas. Located at the center of downtown Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan, it is the second-largest busi ...
, complete with a jet fountain and Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall (born Moishe Shagal; – 28 March 1985) was a Russian and French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with the School of Paris, École de Paris, as well as several major art movement, artistic styles and created ...
's ceramic wall mural '' Four Seasons''.
The ground floor is home to the largest Chase Bank branch in Chicago with 22 ATMs.
See also
*List of tallest buildings in the United States
The world's first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885. Since then, the United States has been home to some of the world's tallest skyscrapers. New York City, and especially the borough of Manhattan, has the tallest skyline in the country. E ...
* List of tallest buildings in Chicago
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* World's tallest structures
* List of tallest buildings in the world
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Position in Chicago's skyline
References
External links
projectchicago.org entry: Chase Tower
*
Chase press release
when the company changed the tower's name in 2005
{{Chicago Skyscrapers Office buildings completed in 1969 Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago JPMorgan Chase buildings 1969 establishments in Illinois