Pictures of All 149 Rocks Stuck on the Tribune Tower
Tribune Tower
Recently we received an e-mail from a teacher who was looking for information about all of the cool stones embedded in the facade of the Tribune Tower (435 North Michigan Avenue). We pointed her to the Tribune Tower entry in the Chicago Architecture Info database, which has a complete list. But she wrote back because it wasn’t quite what she was looking for. She was looking for pictures of the individual rocks. All of them. And she’d searched the intarweb high and low with no success. Could we help?
Sure. Why not.
So, here they are — all 149 of them as of May, 2009 — the last time we took a walk around the building and visually cataloged. them. Click on each of the thumbnails below to see a larger picture of the rock in question.
New rocks are added very rarely these days, so if any are missing, it shouldn’t be more than one or two. If you think we missed one, hit the “Contact” link to let us know, and we’ll fix it.
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- Tribune Tower rock – Aachen City Hall – Aachen – Germany
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- Tribune Tower rock – Ancient temple – Honan Province – China
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- Tribune Tower rock – Andersonville Prison – Andersonville – Georgia
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- Tribune Tower rock – Another one from Cologne Cathedral – Cologne – Germany
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- Tribune Tower rock – Another Revolutionary War battlefield – Princeton – New Jersey
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- Tribune Tower rock – Another Saint Peters Cathedral – Vatican City
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- Tribune Tower rock – Another temple in the Forbidden City – Beijing – China
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- Tribune Tower rock – Antarctica
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- Tribune Tower rock – Anzio Beach – Anzio – Italy
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- Tribune Tower rock – Arc de Triumphe – Paris – France
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- Tribune Tower rock – Aztec Ruins – New Mexico
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- Tribune Tower rock – Battle of New Orleans – New Orleans – Louisiana
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- Tribune Tower rock – Beaumarais Castle – Isle of Anglesey – Wales
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- Tribune Tower rock – Berlin Wall – Berlin – Germany
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- Tribune Tower rock – Bloody Nose Ridge – Peleliu – The Caroline Islands
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- Tribune Tower rock – Boston Avenue Church in Oklahoma
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- Tribune Tower rock – Bridge in the Forbidden City – Beijing – China
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- Tribune Tower rock – Bunker Hill – Charlestown – Massachusetts
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- Tribune Tower rock – Butter Tower – Notre Dame Cathedral – Rouen – France
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- Tribune Tower rock – Cannonball – Pevensy Castle – England
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- Tribune Tower rock – Chimey Point – Vermont
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- Tribune Tower rock – Chimney Rock – Nebraska
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- Tribune Tower rock – Christ Church – Philadelphia – Pennsylvania
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- Tribune Tower rock – City Hall – Potsdam – Germany
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- Tribune Tower rock – City Hall – Stockholm – Sweden
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- Tribune Tower rock – Clementine Hall – Vatican City
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- Tribune Tower rock – Cologne Cathedral – Cologne – Germany
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- Tribune Tower rock – Corregidor – Philippines
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- Tribune Tower rock – Craters of the Moon National Monument – Idaho
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- Tribune Tower rock – Cumberlan Gap – Tennessee
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- Tribune Tower rock – Davids Tower – Jerusalem – Israel
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- Tribune Tower rock – DeSoto Landing – Desha County – Arkansas
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- Tribune Tower rock – Douglas Hall – Old University of Chicago – Chicago
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- Tribune Tower rock – Edinburgh Castle – Edinburgh – Scotland
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- Tribune Tower rock – Flodden Field – Scotch-English Battle of 1513 – Northumberland – England
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fort Brady – Sault Sainte Marie – Michigan
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fort Clatsop – Astoria – Oregon
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fort Marion – Saint Augustine – Florida
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fort McHenry – Baltimore – Maryland
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fort San Antonio Abad – Manila – Philippines
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fort Santiago – Manila – Philippines
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fort Sumter – Charleston – South Carolina
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fort Ticonderoga – New York
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fort William and Mary – Portsmouth – New Hampshire
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fortress Ehrenereitstein – Rhineland – Germany
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fortress Walls – Cartagena – Colombia
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- Tribune Tower rock – Fur trading post – Prairie du Chien – Wisconsin
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- Tribune Tower rock – Gaspee Point – Rhode Island
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- Tribune Tower rock – Gate – Suwon – South Korea
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- Tribune Tower rock – Golden Castle – Osaka – Japan
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- Tribune Tower rock – Hamlets Castle – Elsinore – Denmark
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- Tribune Tower rock – Hans Christian Andersen Home – Odense – Denmark
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- Tribune Tower rock – House of Commons – London – England
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- Tribune Tower rock – Independence Hall – Philadelphia – Pennsylvania
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- Tribune Tower rock – Injun Joe Cave – Hannibal – Missouri
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- Tribune Tower rock – International Peace Garden – Dunseith – North Dakota
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- Tribune Tower rock – John Browns Cabin – Osawatomie – Kansas
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- Tribune Tower rock – John Browns Fort – Harpers Ferry – West Virginia
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- Tribune Tower rock – Kwajalein – The Marshall Islands
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- Tribune Tower rock – Lincoln House – Springfield
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- Tribune Tower rock – Little Bighorn Battlefield – Garryowen – Montana
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- Tribune Tower rock – Lovejoy Home – Albion – Marine
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- Tribune Tower rock – Mammoth Cave – Kentucky
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- Tribune Tower rock – Marquette and Joliet Landing – Louisa County – Iowa
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- Tribune Tower rock – Massachusetts Hall – Cambridge – Massachusetts – and Byrons Chillon – Chillon – Switzerland
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- Tribune Tower rock – McCormick House – Chicago
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- Tribune Tower rock – Medieval portal – Aachen – Germany
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- Tribune Tower rock – Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings – Colorado
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- Tribune Tower rock – Milton quotation
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- Tribune Tower rock – Miraflores Locks – Panama Canal – Panama
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- Tribune Tower rock – Monastery of Saint Michael – Kiev – Ukraine
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- Tribune Tower rock – Mont Sec Memorial – Saint Mihiel – France
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- Tribune Tower rock – Moon rock – The moon
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- Tribune Tower rock – Mormon Temple – Salt Lake City – Utah
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- Tribune Tower rock – Mosaic Hall – Reichschancellery – Berlin – Germany
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- Tribune Tower rock – Mount McKinley – Denali – Alaska
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- Tribune Tower rock – Mount Pentelicus Quarry – Attica – Greece
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- Tribune Tower rock – Mount Rainier – Washington
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- Tribune Tower rock – Mountain Taptochau – Saipan – The Marianas Islands
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- Tribune Tower rock – Nelson House – Yorktown – Virginia
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- Tribune Tower rock – Notre Dame Cathedral – Paris – France
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- Tribune Tower rock – Old General Post Office – Dublin – Ireland
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- Tribune Tower rock – Old Swedes Church – Wilmington – Delaware
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- Tribune Tower rock – Omaha Beach- Normandy – France
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- Tribune Tower rock – Orote Peninsla – Guam
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- Tribune Tower rock – Parliament – London – England
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- Tribune Tower rock – Pearl Harbor – Honolulu – Hawaii
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- Tribune Tower rock – Petra – Jordan
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- Tribune Tower rock – Petrified Forest – Arizona
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- Tribune Tower rock – Petrified wood – California
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- Tribune Tower rock – Pilgrim House – Leyden – The Nethrelands
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- Tribune Tower rock – Princeton University – New Jersey
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- Tribune Tower rock – Reims Cathedral – Reims – France
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- Tribune Tower rock – Remagen Bridge – Remagen – Germany
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- Tribune Tower rock – Reno Courthouse – Nevada
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- Tribune Tower rock – Revolutionary War battlefield – Princeton – New Jersey
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- Tribune Tower rock – Roanoke Island – North Carolina
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- Tribune Tower rock – Roman Ruins – Leptis Magna – Libya
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- Tribune Tower rock – Roof tile – Roman Ruins – Birecik – Turkey
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- Tribune Tower rock – Royal castle – Stockholm – Sweden
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- Tribune Tower rock – Saint Johns Church – Richmond – Virginia
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- Tribune Tower rock – Saint Lo City Hall – Saint Lo – France
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- Tribune Tower rock – Saint Peters Cathedral – Vatican City
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- Tribune Tower rock – Saint Sophia – Istanbul – Turkey
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- Tribune Tower rock – Saint Stephens Cathedral – Vienna – Austria
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- Tribune Tower rock – Santa Lucia Barracks – Manila – Philippines
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- Tribune Tower rock – Santa Maria Island – The Azores
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- Tribune Tower rock – Santo Domingo Church – Panama City – Panama
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- Tribune Tower rock – Semaire de Quebec – Quebec City – Canada
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- Tribune Tower rock – Shirley House – Vicksburg – Mississippi
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- Tribune Tower rock – Shrine – Tokyo – Japan
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- Tribune Tower rock – Sibyls Cave – Naples – Italy
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- Tribune Tower rock – Site of the Kensington Rune Stone – Kensington – Minnesota
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- Tribune Tower rock – Stabian Baths – Pompeii – Italy
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- Tribune Tower rock – Suleiman Mosque – Istanbul – Turkey
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- Tribune Tower rock – Swedish Viking Monument – Malar Lake Valley – Sweden
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- Tribune Tower rock – Sydney Opera House – Sydney – Australia
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- Tribune Tower rock – Ta Prohm Angkor and Banteay Srei Hindu Temple – Cambodia
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- Tribune Tower rock – Taintzkaya Tower – The Kremlin – Moscow – Russia
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- Tribune Tower rock – Tawasa Indian town – Alabama
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- Tribune Tower rock – Temple in the Forbidden City – Beiing – China
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- Tribune Tower rock – The Alamo – San Antonio – Texas
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- Tribune Tower rock – The Badlands – South Dakota
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- Tribune Tower rock – The Battle of Lake Erie – Put-in-Bay – Ohio
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- Tribune Tower rock – The Colosseum – Rome – Italy
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- Tribune Tower rock – The Great Pyramid – Giza – Egypt
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- Tribune Tower rock – The Great Wal of China
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- Tribune Tower rock – The Parthenon – Athend – Greece
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- Tribune Tower rock – The Powder Tower – Riga – Latvia
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- Tribune Tower rock – The Taj Mahal – Agra – India
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- Tribune Tower rock – The White House – Washington – DC
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- Tribune Tower rock – Tomb of Abraham Lincoln – Spr=ingfield – Illinois
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- Tribune Tower rock – Tower of Tears – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
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- Tribune Tower rock – Trondheim Cathedral – Trondheim – Norway
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- Tribune Tower rock – Union Stockyards – Chicago
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- Tribune Tower rock – Wahingtons Landing – New Jersey
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- Tribune Tower rock – Walls of Londonderry – Northern Ireland
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- Tribune Tower rock – Wartburg – Eisenach – Germany
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- Tribune Tower rock – Wawel Castle – Krakow – Poland
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- Tribune Tower rock – Westminster Abbey – London – England
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- Tribune Tower rock – WGN Building cornerstone – Chicago
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- Tribune Tower rock – William Henry Harrison Mansion – Vincennes – Indiana
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- Tribune Tower rock – Winter Palace – Beijing – China
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- Tribune Tower rock – World Trade Center – New York
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- Tribune Tower rock – Yale University – New Haven – Connecticut
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- Tribune Tower rock – Yellowstone Park – Wyoming
I know that the moon rock was removed in 2011 to be replaced at a later date. NASA was supposed to send back a new one encased in acrylic to then be embedded in the building, but I haven’t seen an update since I first read the story. Have you heard anything about it?
I’m pretty sure I saw the moon rock the last time I walked by. I’ll make an effort pay closer attention the next time and post a message here.
Hi Nick,
Sorry it took so long, but I finally remembered to look for the moon rock when I walked by the Tribune Tower, and you’re right — it’s gone. Replaced by ads. Sad.