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The earliest fragments were brought back to Chicago by Tribune correspondents at the request of Colonel McCormick and the tradition has been carried on.\u003C/p>",{"src":652,"alt":653},{"large":664},{"display":635,"flexDirection":636,"position":637,"flexShrink":638,"boxSizing":639},{"@type":618,"@version":457,"id":666,"meta":667,"component":669,"responsiveStyles":680},"builder-12e22c6b80ca416693f1d169194948ef",{"previousId":668},"builder-a870fe1e60ea4ba1a4f0d13316d3fadf",{"name":670,"options":671},"Testimonials Carousel",{"headline":672,"testimonials":673},"Docent perspective",[674],{"quote":675,"attribution":676,"title":677,"image":678},"The Tribune Tower’s style demonstrates the way architecture can create an image and impression of the company that occupies it. 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The tower was consistently added on to throughout the years by the addition of stones to the base of the tower. As Katherine Solomonson, author of the Chicago Tribune Tower Competition tells us, these stones were collected by McCormick and his foreign correspondents over the years and make for an interesting addition to the building. 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