DOWNTOWN — One of the city's most "prominently displayed" flags — atop the Tribune Tower — hasn't been waving lately.
The flag flying high over the 463-foot-tall tower at 435 N. Michigan Ave. was damaged and taken down during Friday's strong winds.
"It will be replaced with a new flag once the weather permits us to safely do so," Gary Weitman, the Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations at Tribune Media Company, said in an email. "And with more wind today [Wednesday], we can't raise it until it's safe."
Garrett Karp of the Chicago Architecture Foundation said it's likely "the flag on top of Tribune Tower is the highest prominently displayed flag on top of a high-rise in Chicago."
"At 463 feet Tribune Tower isn’t even one of the 80 tallest buildings in Chicago, so it is definitely possible that some less visible flags exist on taller structures in the city," Karp added.
The Tribune Tower — a Gothic Revival-style tower completed in 1925 — features a crown that "recalls a Medieval European tower, imitating the Butter Tower of the 13th-century Rouen Cathedral in France," according to the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
A flag pole and flag were added before the building was completed.
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