The Chicago Tribune Tower is a Neo‑Gothic masterpiece and a monument to the city’s fierce history of media warfare. This episode explores its origins in a 1920s architectural competition, unique engineering feats and artistic secrets, secret escape hatches used by Colonel McCormick, a 60‑mile underground tunnel network that once delivered newspapers across the city, a bizarre collection of global relics embedded in its walls, its role as a private atomic‑bomb defense site, and dramatic high‑altitude standoffs that shaped its legacy.

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