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'''One Prudential Plaza''' (formerly known as the '''Prudential Building''') is a 44 story structure in [[Chicago]] completed in [[1955]] as the [[headquarters]] for [[Prudential Financial|Prudential]]'s Mid-America company. At the time, the [[skyscraper]] was significant as the first new downtown skyscraper built in Chicago in 21 years (the last such building was the Field Building, now headquarters of [[LaSalle Bank]], completed in [[1934]]). It was the last building ever connected to the [[Chicago Tunnel Company]]'s tunnel network. |
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{{Infobox Person |
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| name = Joe Buck |
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| image = Joe Buck.jpg |
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| image_size = 150px |
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| caption = Buck on the field at [[Busch Stadium]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|25}} |
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| birth_place = [[St. Petersburg, Florida]] |
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| education = [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[English (language)|English]], [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] |
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| occupation = [[Sportscaster]] |
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| spouse = Ann Archambault |
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| parents = [[Jack Buck]] and Carole Lintzenich |
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| children = Natalie and Trudy |
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}} |
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'''Joseph Francis "Joe" Buck''' (born [[April 25]], [[1969]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[sportscaster]] and the son of the late [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] sportscaster [[Jack Buck]]. He has won numerous [[Sports Emmy Awards]] for his [[play-by-play]] work with [[Fox Sports]] [[television]]. |
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When the Prudential was finished it had the highest roof in Chicago with only the statue of [[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]] on the [[Chicago Board of Trade]] higher. |
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==Biography== |
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=== Education === |
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Buck was born in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]] (where the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], for whom his father broadcast, then conducted their [[spring training]]) and raised in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. After graduating from [[Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School|St. Louis Country Day School]], Buck began his broadcasting career in 1989, while he was an undergraduate at [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]]. When Buck graduated from Indiana two years later, he received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[English (language)|English]] and a minor in [[telecommunications]]. Buck was also a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity Beta Eta Chapter. |
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The architect was Naess & Murphy, a precursor to C.F. Murphy & Associates and later Murphy/Jahn Architects. |
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===Career=== |
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====Before FOX==== |
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Buck called play-by-play for the then-[[Memphis Redbirds|Louisville Redbirds]], a [[minor league baseball|minor league]] affiliate of the Cardinals, and was a reporter for [[ESPN]]'s coverage of the [[Triple-A All-Star Game]]. In 1991, Buck did reporting for St Louis' CBS affiliate [[KMOV]]. Also in [[1991 St. Louis Cardinals season|1991]], Joe followed in his father's footsteps by broadcasting for the Cardinals on local television and [[KMOX (AM)|KMOX]] Radio, filling in while his father was working on [[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]] telecasts. In the 1992-93 season, he was the color commentator for [[Missouri Tigers|University of Missouri]] basketball broadcasts. |
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One Prudential Plaza, along with its sister property, [[Two Prudential Plaza]], was sold in [[May 2006]] for $470 million to BentleyForbes, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm, run by C. Frederick Wehba and his family. |
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Buck continued to call Cardinals games after being hired by FOX, initially with his father on KMOX and later on [[FSN Midwest]] television. As his network duties increased, however, Buck's local workload shrunk, and prior to the [[2008 St. Louis Cardinals season|2008]] season it was announced that Buck would no longer be calling Cardinals telecasts for FSN Midwest. This would mark the first time since [[1960 St. Louis Cardinals season|1960]] that a member of the Buck family would not be part of the team's broadcasting crew. <ref>{{citeweb| url=http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/8CFCC3972CF335E28625740200190400?OpenDocument | title=Run of Bucks broadcasting Cardinals comes to an end | author=Dan Caesar |publisher=''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' | date=[[2008-03-04]]}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of buildings]] |
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In [[1994 NFL season|1994]], Buck was hired by FOX, and at the age of 25 became the youngest man ever to announce a regular slate of [[National Football League]] games on network television. |
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*[[List of skyscrapers]] |
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*[[List of tallest buildings in Chicago]] |
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*[[List of tallest buildings in the United States]] |
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*[[World's tallest structures]] |
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==Position in Chicago's skyline== |
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====''Major League Baseball on FOX''==== |
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{{main|Major League Baseball on FOX}} |
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==Sources== |
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In {{by|1996}}, he was named FOX's lead play-by-play voice for [[Major League Baseball on FOX|Major League Baseball]], teaming with [[Tim McCarver]], who had previously worked with Joe's father on CBS. That year, he became the youngest man to do a national broadcast (for all nine innings and games, as a network employee as opposed to simply being a representative of one the participating teams) for a [[1996 World Series|World Series]], surpassing [[Sean McDonough]], who called the [[1992 World Series]] for [[Major League Baseball on CBS#1990-1993 version|CBS]] at the age of 30. McDonough had replaced Jack Buck as CBS' lead baseball play-by-play man after the elder Buck was fired in late {{by|1991}}. |
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*"Dedicate New Prudential 41 Story Building," ''Chicago Tribune'', [[December 9]], [[1955]]. |
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On [[September 8]], {{by|1998}}, Joe Buck called [[Mark McGwire]]'s 62nd [[home run]] that broke [[Roger Maris]]' single-season record. The game was nationally televised live in [[prime time]] on FOX. It was a rarity for a nationally televised regular season game to not be aired on [[cable television|cable]] since the end of the ''[[Monday Night Baseball]]'' era on [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]] in {{by|1989}}. |
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During FOX's broadcast of the [[2002 World Series]], Joe Buck paid implicit tribute to his father, who had died only a few months earlier (he had read the eulogy at his father's funeral), by calling the final out of Game 6 (which tied the series at 3-3, and thus ensured there would be a Game 7 broadcast the next night) with the phrase, ''"We'll see you tomorrow night."'' This was the same phrase with which Jack Buck had famously called [[Kirby Puckett]]'s home run off [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] [[pitcher]] [[Charlie Leibrandt]] which ended Game 6 of the [[1991 World Series]]. Since then he has continued to use this phrase at appropriate times. |
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His low-key statement ''"St. Louis has a World Series winner."'', at the close of the [[2006 World Series]], echoed a long-time catchphrase of Jack Buck's, at the close of any Cardinals victory: ''"And that's a winner!"'' |
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====''NFL on FOX''==== |
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{{main|NFL on FOX}} |
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Buck became Fox Sports' lead [[NFL on FOX|NFL]] [[play-by-play]] man in [[2002 NFL season|2002]] (taking over for [[Pat Summerall]]), teaming with [[Cris Collinsworth]] and [[Troy Aikman]] as [[color commentator]]s and [[Pam Oliver]] as the [[sideline reporter]]. Buck is only the third announcer to handle a television network's lead MLB and NFL coverage in the same year (following [[NBC]]'s [[Curt Gowdy]] and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s [[Al Michaels]]). By {{by|2002}}, Buck's FOX duties forced him to cut his local Cardinal schedule to 25 games. Whenever Joe Buck has been on a postseason Major League Baseball assignment, [[Dick Stockton]] (and [[Kenny Albert]] beginning in [[2007 NFL season|2007]]), who coincidentally was the back-up announcer behind Jack Buck for CBS' baseball telecasts in the early 1990s, would fill-in for him. |
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On [[February 6]], [[2005]], Buck called his first [[Super Bowl XXXIX|Super Bowl]], as the [[New England Patriots]] defeated the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] for their third championship in four years. His father called 17 Super Bowls for CBS television and radio in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. |
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Cris Collinsworth left for [[NBC Sports|NBC]] in [[2005 NFL season|2005]]. Buck, Aikman, and Oliver continue to serve as the lead ''[[NFL on FOX]]'' broadcast crew.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2005-07-13-hiestand-collinsworth_x.htm | title=Collinsworth's move could boost Aikman | author=Michael Hiestand | publisher=''USA Today'' | date=[[2005-07-13]]}}</ref> |
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=====''FOX NFL Sunday''===== |
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On [[August 14]], [[2006]], Buck was named the host of FOX's pregame NFL show, ''[[FOX NFL Sunday]]'' and postgame doubleheader show. According to the [[Nielsen ratings]] system, viewership was down for the entire season.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} FOX announced in March 2007 that Buck would no longer host ''FOX NFL Sunday'' in [[2007 NFL season|2007]], concentrating on play-by-play for the week's marquee game. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070329fox03 | title=Fox NFL Sunday & the OT return to Los Angeles home in September | author=FOX Press Release | publisher=''The Futon Critic'' | date=[[2007-03-29]]}}</ref> |
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====Career timeline==== |
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*1991–2007: [[St. Louis Cardinals]] Play-by-Play<ref name="ISBB">{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeakers.com/speakers/Celebrity_Speaker/ISBB-6P8TWF/Joe_Buck/|title=Joe Buck speaks for International Speakers Bureau|accessdate=2008-07-15|date=2008-07-15|}}</ref> |
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*1992–1993: [[Missouri Tigers|University of Missouri]] basketball color commentator |
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*1994–1997: [[NFL on Fox]] Regional Play-by-Play<ref name="ISBB" /> |
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*1996–present: [[MLB on FOX]] Lead Play-by-Play<ref name="ISBB" /> |
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*2002–present: [[NFL on FOX]] Lead Play-by-Play<ref name="ISBB" /> |
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*2006: [[FOX NFL Sunday]] Host |
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===Other notable appearances=== |
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In the late 1990s, Buck hosted a weekly sports-news show, ''[[Goin' Deep]]'', for [[Fox Sports Net]] cable. He also called [[horse racing]] and professional [[bass fishing]] events early in his FOX career, as well as the network's first [[Cotton Bowl (game)|Cotton Bowl]] telecast in [[1998 NCAA Division I-A football season|1999]]. |
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Part of Buck's broadcast (with McCarver and [[Bob Brenly]]) of Game 5 of the [[1997 American League Championship Series]] could be heard in the background of one of the recordings [[Linda Tripp]] made of a conversation between herself and [[Monica Lewinsky]], regarding the latter's affair with then-[[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. |
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Buck once guest-hosted an episode of the [[E!]] network's ''[[Talk Soup]]'' program. |
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Since 2001, Buck has hosted the "Joe Buck Classic", a celebrity pro-am [[golf tournament]] that is played each May to raise money for [[St. Louis Children's Hospital]]. |
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On a Season 3 episode of ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'', [[Ben (Lost)|Ben]] shows [[Jack Shephard|Jack]] a clip of the last play of the [[2004 World Series]], and Buck can be heard speaking his famous line, {{cquote|Red Sox fans have longed to hear it: the Boston Red Sox are world champions!}} |
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Buck has appeared numerous times on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' as a guest. During an appearance prior to the [[2006 World Series]], Buck was handed a garish necktie that had previously been worn by O'Brien and bandleader [[Richie "LaBamba" Rosenberg]] and agreed to wear it for Game 1, a promise that he honored. On an appearance prior to the [[2007 World Series]], Buck explained to O'Brien that sometimes his friends [[text message]] him during games and dare him to work words or phrases into the broadcast. O'Brien asked him to say "[[Jub-Jub]]" during a World Series broadcast, and if he did, he would donate $1,000 to a charity of Buck's choice. During the third inning of Game 1, Buck duly obliged: ''"Our own little Jub Jub, [[Chris Myers]], playing the role of weather person..."'' |
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In 2007, Buck filmed a pilot episode for a prospective late-night talk and comedy program with former ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' writer and director [[Matt Piedmont]]. Piedmont and Buck wrote and produced the pilot with Piedmont directing, filming in New York City and Los Angeles and featuring [[Molly Shannon]], [[David Spade]] and [[Paul Rudd]]. Buck is the host of the show with Abebe Adusmussui, an actual New York City taxi driver, as his co-host. The pilot is currently in consideration for a series on Fox.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2007-10-09-hiestand-column_N.htm | title=Fox's Buck makes pitch for late show | author=Michael Hiestand | publisher=''USA Today'' | date=[[2007-10-09]]}}</ref> |
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Buck has also appeared in various national television [[commercials]] for such clients as [[Holiday Inn]] and [[Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)|Budweiser]] beer. One of the more memorable spots for the latter had Buck goaded into using the [[catchphrase]], ''Slamma-lamma-ding-dong!'' (He also does local commercials in the St. Louis market for the [[Suntrup]] chain of automobile dealerships.) |
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Buck also contributes occasional opinion pieces to ''[[The Sporting News]]''. Joe is also a key contributor on [[Team 1380]] on the ''ITD Morning After'' program in St. Louis. |
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Buck was the commencement speaker at [[Saint Louis University]]'s 2008 commencement ceremony. His late father, Jack Buck, delivered SLU's commencement address in 1995. |
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=== Controversy === |
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During the [[2002 World Series]], Joe Buck was introduced to single season home run record holder [[Barry Bonds]]:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bobandtom.com/gen3/ed_pages/ed_page101802.htm | title=The Buck stops here Thursday morning | publisher=''Bob & Tom Show'' | date=[[2002-10-17]]}}</ref> |
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{{cquote|I met Barry Bonds the other day, and when I was introduced as Joe Buck, lead broadcaster for FOX, Barry Bonds turns to me and says 'So?' We'll see how professional I am when Mr. Bonds steps up to the plate. If I don't throw a 'so' into my announcing, I don't think I will be doing my job.}} |
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In January 2005, Buck drew fire from [[Red McCombs]], then the owner of the [[Minnesota Vikings]], for his on-air comments during [[NFL playoffs, 2004-05#NFC: Minnesota Vikings 31, Green Bay Packers 17|a NFL playoff game]] between the [[2004 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]] and [[2004 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]. After Vikings wide receiver [[Randy Moss]] simulated mooning the Green Bay crowd in the end zone, Buck called it a ''"disgusting act."'' The moon was allegedly an attempt to respond to Packer fans, who traditionally moon the Vikings players aboard the team bus, which Buck did not mention.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20050113/ai_n11009143%20packers%20fans%20moon | title=A Lambeau tradition? Depends whom you ask | author=Bob Wolfley | publisher=''The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' | date=[[2005-01-13]]}}</ref> |
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In [[2007 Major League Baseball season|2007]], Buck was only scheduled to call eight regular season MLB games out of a 26-game schedule for FOX (along with a handful of regional Cardinals telecasts on FSN Midwest). In an interview with Richard Sandomir of the ''[[New York Times]]'', Buck defended his reduced baseball commitment:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2007/08/joe-buck-is-new-al-michaels.html | title=Is Buck the new Michaels? | author=Paul Sen | publisher=''sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com'' | date=[[2007-08-14]]}}</ref> {{cquote|If you or the casual fan doesn’t want to consider me the No. 1 baseball announcer at FOX, it’s not my concern ... I don’t know why it would matter. I don’t know who had a more tiresome, wall-to-wall schedule than my father, and I know what it’s like to be a kid in that situation ... He was gone a lot. He needed to be. I understood it. So did my mom. Because my career has gone the way it’s gone, I don’t have to go wall to wall. ...While I’m deathly afraid of overexposure, I’m more afraid of underexposure at home with my wife and girls.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/sports/baseball/14sandomir.html | title=The voice you don’t hear on Fox belongs to Joe Buck | author=Richard Sandomir | publisher=''The New York Times'' | date=[[2007-08-14]]}}</ref>}} |
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On July 2, 2008, while speaking with [[Colin Cowherd]] on [[ESPN Radio]], Buck said that he is tired of baseball and doesn't enjoy calling the games like he used to. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2008/07/joe-buck-admits-he-rarely-watches.html | title=Joe Buck Admits He Rarely Watches Sports And Doesn't Enjoy Baseball Anymore | author=Awful Announcing | date=[[2008-07-02]]}}</ref> Two days later, Buck stated that he'd been "joking" to Cowherd but added that he still believes the games take too long to play.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/E5504B04DF237F808625747C00817CEF?OpenDocument|title=Buck apologizes for joke that causes controversy}}</ref> |
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*[http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=116836 Emporis entry for One Prudential Plaza] |
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*[http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031785477271&path=%21sports%21columnists&s=1045855935437 Viewers have no doubt: It's Buck's favorite time of year] |
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Revision as of 20:28, 13 October 2008
One Prudential Plaza (formerly known as the Prudential Building) is a 44 story structure in Chicago completed in 1955 as the headquarters for Prudential's Mid-America company. At the time, the skyscraper was significant as the first new downtown skyscraper built in Chicago in 21 years (the last such building was the Field Building, now headquarters of LaSalle Bank, completed in 1934). It was the last building ever connected to the Chicago Tunnel Company's tunnel network.
When the Prudential was finished it had the highest roof in Chicago with only the statue of Ceres on the Chicago Board of Trade higher.
The architect was Naess & Murphy, a precursor to C.F. Murphy & Associates and later Murphy/Jahn Architects.
One Prudential Plaza, along with its sister property, Two Prudential Plaza, was sold in May 2006 for $470 million to BentleyForbes, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm, run by C. Frederick Wehba and his family.
See also
- List of buildings
- List of skyscrapers
- List of tallest buildings in Chicago
- List of tallest buildings in the United States
- World's tallest structures
Position in Chicago's skyline
Sources
- "Dedicate New Prudential 41 Story Building," Chicago Tribune, December 9, 1955.
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