Editing Tribune Tower (section)

===Collection of famous building fragments===
[[File:Edinburgh_Castle_04-23-2018_018.jpg|thumb|Fragment of [[Edinburgh Castle]] built into the tower]]
[[File:Tribune Tower 02.JPG|thumb|alt=Four square tiles embedded in the facade, arranged in a diamond pattern with the top and bottom tiles lighter in color than the right and left tiles |Tiles from the [[Sydney Opera House]] embedded in the facade]]

Prior to the building of the Tribune Tower, correspondents for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' had brought back rocks and bricks from a variety of historically important sites throughout the world at the request of [[Robert R. McCormick|Colonel McCormick]]. Many of these fragments have been incorporated into the lowest levels of the building and are labeled with their location of origin. Stones included in the wall are from such sites as the [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna|St. Stephen's Cathedral]], [[Trondheim Cathedral]], [[Taj Mahal]], [[Clementine Hall]], the [[Parthenon]], [[Hagia Sophia]], [[Süleymaniye Mosque]], [[Corregidor Island]], [[Palace of Westminster]], [[petrified wood]] from the [[Redwood National and State Parks]], the [[Great Pyramid at Giza|Great Pyramid]], [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio|The Alamo]], [[Notre-Dame de Paris]], [[Lincoln Tomb|Abraham Lincoln's Tomb]], the [[Great Wall of China]], [[Independence Hall]], [[Fort Santiago]], [[Angkor Wat]], [[Ta Prohm]], [[Wawel Castle]], [[Banteay Srei]], and [[Rouen Cathedral]]'s Butter Tower, which inspired the shape of the building.<ref name="chicagoarchitecture">{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2013/03/05/pictures-of-all-149-rocks-stuck-on-the-tribune-tower/tribune-tower-rock-butter-tower-notre-dame-cathedral-rouen-france/ |publisher=chicagoarchitecture.org |title=Tribune Tower rock – Butter Tower – Notre Dame Cathedral – Rouen – France :: Chicago Architecture |work=Chicago Architecture |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name="chicagotribune"/>

In 1999, during a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, [[Buzz Aldrin]] presented a rock brought from the [[Moon]], which was displayed in a window in the Tribune gift store (it could not be added to the wall, as [[NASA]] owns a large majority of the Apollo Moon rocks, and this one was merely on loan to the Tribune).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/35734377/chicago_tribune/ |title=Sliver of Moon Brightens Michigan Avenue |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois |last1=Manier |first1=Jeremy |date=July 22, 1999 |page=197 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The rock was removed in 2011 due to an outdated display.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2011-09-28-chi-tribune-tower-moon-rock-gone-but-new-one-to-take-its-place-20110928-story.html |title=Tribune Tower moon rock gone, but new one to take its place |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=September 28, 2011 |access-date=September 8, 2019}}</ref> A new rock display is planned but has not been installed {{asof|2018|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thenewchicagoan.com/chicago/tribune |title=How did Tribune Tower get all those stones? |website=The New Chicagoan |date=June 5, 2018|access-date=September 8, 2019}}</ref> A piece of steel recovered from the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] has been added to the wall. Tiles from the [[Sydney Opera House]] were added in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 June 2018 |title=How did Tribune Tower get all those stones? |url=https://thenewchicagoan.com/chicago/tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241104093550/https://thenewchicagoan.com/chicago/tribune |archive-date=4 November 2024 |access-date=4 November 2024 |website=The New Chicagoan}}</ref>