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style="display:none">Skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Metropolitan_Tower,_Chicago_in_May_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Metropolitan_Tower%2C_Chicago_in_May_2016.jpg/250px-Metropolitan_Tower%2C_Chicago_in_May_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="467" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Metropolitan_Tower%2C_Chicago_in_May_2016.jpg/375px-Metropolitan_Tower%2C_Chicago_in_May_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Metropolitan_Tower%2C_Chicago_in_May_2016.jpg/500px-Metropolitan_Tower%2C_Chicago_in_May_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2732" data-file-height="5107" /></a><figcaption>Metropolitan Tower in 2016</figcaption></figure> <p><b>The Metropolitan Tower</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Skyscraper" title="Skyscraper">skyscraper</a> located at 310 <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Avenue_(Chicago)" title="Michigan Avenue (Chicago)">S. Michigan Avenue</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Historic_Michigan_Boulevard_District" title="Historic Michigan Boulevard District">Historic Michigan Boulevard District</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Loop" title="Chicago Loop">Loop</a> <a href="/wiki/Community_areas_of_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Community areas of Chicago">community area</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Illinois" title="Cook County, Illinois">Cook County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, United States. Developed by Metropolitan Properties of Chicago,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it has been renovated as a <a href="/wiki/Condominium_(living_space)" class="mw-redirect" title="Condominium (living space)">condominium</a> complex with 242 units.<sup id="cite_ref-bluelightspecial_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bluelightspecial-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Residences range in size from 1,200 square feet (110 m<sup>2</sup>) to 4,000 square feet (370 m<sup>2</sup>). <a href="/wiki/Penthouse_apartment" title="Penthouse apartment">Penthouses</a> feature 360 degree city views and private elevators.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prices run from $300,000 for a 762 square feet (70.8 m<sup>2</sup>) one-bedroom unit to $1.365 million for a 1,932 square feet (179.5 m<sup>2</sup>) three-bedroom.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Metropolitan Tower was also for a time home to a branch of <a href="/wiki/Chase_(bank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chase (bank)">Chase Bank</a>. The space now houses a branch of CVS. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Tower_(Chicago)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Designed by <a href="/wiki/Graham,_Anderson,_Probst_%26_White" title="Graham, Anderson, Probst & White">Graham, Anderson, Probst & White</a>, the Metropolitan Tower was named the Straus Building when completed in 1924. Though it was the first building in Chicago with 30 or more floors, it was never officially designated <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Chicago" title="List of tallest buildings in Chicago">Chicago's tallest building</a> since the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Temple_Building" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Temple Building">Chicago Temple Building</a>, also completed in 1924, is taller by 92 feet (28 m) but has seven fewer floors.<sup id="cite_ref-temple_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-temple-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Straus Building and the Chicago Temple Building were the first to take advantage of the 1923 <a href="/wiki/Zoning" title="Zoning">zoning</a> ordinance; before then, no building in Chicago could be taller than 260 feet (79 m).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Metropolitan Tower was at one time called the <a href="/wiki/CNA_Financial_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="CNA Financial Corporation">Continental National Insurance Company</a> Building (later Continental Center I<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). From 1980 to 2004 it was called the <a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Britannica Building</a> when that company was its tenant.<sup id="cite_ref-emporis_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emporis-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics,_past_and_present"><span id="Characteristics.2C_past_and_present"></span>Characteristics, past and present</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Tower_(Chicago)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics, past and present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This 30 story building, standing at 475 feet (145 m) in height, fronts Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Avenue_(Chicago)" title="Michigan Avenue (Chicago)">Michigan Avenue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grant_Park_(Chicago)" title="Grant Park (Chicago)">Grant Park</a>. The 40-foot (12 m) <a href="/wiki/Pyramid" title="Pyramid">pyramid</a> at the top of the building (which Schulze & Harrington, authors of <i>Chicago's Famous Buildings</i>, compare with the <a href="/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Maussollos" class="mw-redirect" title="Mausoleum of Maussollos">Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus</a>), with its new zinc-coated stainless steel sheathing, is peaked by a 20-foot (6 m) glass "beehive" ornament containing a blue glass box filled with six 1000-watt lightbulbs which emits a deep blue light, a prominent feature of Chicago's nighttime <a href="/wiki/Skyline" title="Skyline">skyline</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bluelightspecial_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bluelightspecial-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The beehive is supported by four limestone bisons.<sup id="cite_ref-mettower_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mettower-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of this ornament, the building is sometimes referred to as the "Beehive Building."<sup id="cite_ref-bluelightspecial_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bluelightspecial-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Just beneath the beehive are four <a href="/wiki/Carillon" title="Carillon">carillon</a> bells ranging in weight from 1,500 to 7,000 pounds, unused for many years until restored in 1979 for the <a href="/wiki/List_of_pastoral_visits_of_Pope_John_Paul_II_outside_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II outside Italy">Chicago visit</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bluelightspecial_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bluelightspecial-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At one time, the bells chimed the well-known <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Quarters" title="Westminster Quarters">Cambridge Quarters</a> on the quarter-hours. The base has been altered from its original design: rectangular window openings replaced giant arches on Michigan Avenue and Jackson Boulevard. At one time, the thirtieth floor was the Straus Tower Observatory, which was open to the public for viewing the city.<sup id="cite_ref-bluelightspecial_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bluelightspecial-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original main entrance was a pair of elaborately carved bronze doors set in a marble portal flanked by <a href="/wiki/Relief" title="Relief">bas-reliefs</a> and used to be in the center of the east side, through the largest of the archways.<sup id="cite_ref-emporis_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emporis-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, the building was converted into 234 condominium units. In 2009, the Metropolitan Tower won a "Best Adaptive Reuse" award from the Friends of Downtown, a planning and urban design organization for downtown Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amenities include: 24 hour lobby and maintenance staff; on-site management staff; deeded indoor parking; Amazon package deliver lockers; contractors storage area for remodeling projects; two hotel type guest suites; workout facilities with sauna, steam, and showers; children's playroom; extra storage opportunities and imagination rooms; and a two story event/party room with adjacent access to a rooftop garden deck including an outdoor grill and dining area for entertaining guests, with views of Millennium Park and Navy Pier Fireworks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbolism">Symbolism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Tower_(Chicago)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Symbolism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original owner of the Metropolitan Tower was S. W. Straus and Company, a dealer of investment bonds and one of the leading financers of major real estate in Chicago during the late 19th century and early 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-emporis_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emporis-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tower's crown has many symbols for characteristics the company wanted to portray. The pyramid symbolized longevity and permanence and the beehive stood for industry and thrift. When first installed, the beehive also contained four directional beacons, a metaphor for the company's global reach. The pyramid is supported by the four bisons, a traditional symbol for the American West. Straus was hoping to use these symbols to instill trust in their customers, to reassure them that their investments would be handled actively and carefully by an institution that could be trusted over the long term. Ironically, the firm failed during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> and closed fewer than ten years after lighting the beacon.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Area">Area</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Tower_(Chicago)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Metropolitan Tower is located a block from the entrance to the <a href="/wiki/Art_Institute_of_Chicago" title="Art Institute of Chicago">Art Institute</a> and is within two blocks of stations for all downtown <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Transit_Authority" title="Chicago Transit Authority">CTA</a> train lines. The <a href="/wiki/Symphony_Center" title="Symphony Center">Symphony Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Park" title="Millennium Park">Millennium Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Washington_Library" title="Harold Washington Library">Harold Washington Library</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Michigan" title="Lake Michigan">Lake Michigan</a> shore are within a half mile. The south end of the <a href="/wiki/Magnificent_Mile" title="Magnificent Mile">Magnificent Mile</a> shopping district is less than a mile away. Dozens of fine restaurants and other eateries are in the neighborhood, and <a href="/wiki/Grant_Park_(Chicago)" title="Grant Park (Chicago)">Grant Park</a> is across the street.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Position_in_Chicago's_skyline"><span id="Position_in_Chicago.27s_skyline"></span>Position in Chicago's skyline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Tower_(Chicago)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Position in Chicago's skyline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Metropolitan Tower appears in front of <a href="/wiki/Chase_Tower_(Chicago)" title="Chase Tower (Chicago)">Chase Tower (Chicago)</a> in the diagram below. </p> <div style="overflow: auto"> <figure class="noresize" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="The skyline of a city with many large skyscrapers; in the foreground is a green park and a lake with many sailboats moored on it. 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Daley Center">Richard J. Daley Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_East_Center" title="River East Center">River East Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Building" title="Roanoke Building">Roanoke Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Shoreham" class="mw-redirect" title="The Shoreham">The Shoreham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skybridge,_Chicago" title="Skybridge, Chicago">Skybridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_AbilityLab" title="Ryan AbilityLab">Shirley Ryan AbilityLab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Buckingham_(Chicago)" title="The Buckingham (Chicago)">The Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fordham" title="The Fordham">The Fordham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Heritage_at_Millennium_Park" title="The Heritage at Millennium Park">The Heritage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Grant" title="The Grant">The Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pinnacle_(Chicago)" title="The Pinnacle (Chicago)">The Pinnacle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_First_National_Plaza" title="Three First National Plaza">Three First National Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribune_Tower" title="Tribune Tower">Tribune Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Hotels_Chicago" title="Virgin Hotels Chicago">Virgin Hotels Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldorf_Astoria_Chicago" title="Waldorf Astoria Chicago">Waldorf Astoria Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwick_Allerton_-_Chicago" title="Warwick Allerton - Chicago">Warwick Allerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_Tower_Place" title="Water Tower Place">Water Tower Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolf_Point_East_Tower" title="Wolf Point East Tower">Wolf Point East Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Building" title="Wrigley Building">Wrigley Building</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Landmarks" title="List of Chicago Landmarks">Chicago Landmark</a><br />skyscrapers with<br /> 12 or more floors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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<li><a href="/wiki/Inland_Steel_Building" title="Inland Steel Building">Inland Steel Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Building_(Chicago,_Illinois)" title="Manhattan Building (Chicago, Illinois)">Manhattan Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquette_Building_(Chicago)" title="Marquette Building (Chicago)">Marquette Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Field_and_Company_Building" title="Marshall Field and Company Building">Marshall Field and Company Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monadnock_Building" title="Monadnock Building">Monadnock Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundelein_College#The_Skyscraper" title="Mundelein College">Mundelein College Skyscraper Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Life_Insurance_Building_(Chicago)" title="New York Life Insurance Building (Chicago)">New York Life Insurance Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reliance_Building" title="Reliance Building">Reliance Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rookery_Building" title="Rookery Building">Rookery Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan_Center" title="Sullivan Center">Sullivan Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Chicago" title="Architecture of Chicago">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Hall-County_Building" title="City Hall-County Building">Chicago City Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_school_(architecture)" title="Chicago school (architecture)">Chicago School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Block" title="Washington Block">Washington Block</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Buildings in <i>italics</i> have been demolished.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><span 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