点评:My late wife worked in an office in the Wrigley Building for 20 years. While the Chicago Press Club occupied space on the first floor of the North Tower, we had frequent breakfasts and infrequent lunches and dinners in the spacious, two-tiered dining room. And I had haircuts in the barbershop until new ownership dispensed with the barbers. Located at 400-410 North Michigan Avenue, at the Chicago River and the Michigan Avenue Bridge, overlooking the Chicago Riverwalk and across the street from Tribune Tower, the Wrigley Building has been one of Chicago's most recognized architectural icons since the 1920s. But it is so much more than a pretty white skyscraper with a clock tower that was built by a pack of Spearmint chewing gum, the trademark product of the Wrigley Company of chewing gum fame founded by William Wrigley Jr., who also owned the Chicago Cubs baseball team. The south tower with the clock was completed in 1921 and the north tower was finished in 1924 with a 14th floor bridge between upper floors added in 1931. At the time of its construction, the Wrigley Building's clock was the largest and tallest in the city and the 27-floor building was the tallest in the city at 438 feet. Its interior remains as lavish as ever with its 1920s marble floors and walls, mahogany and over 2,000 windows. Not to mention the 175,000 individual pieces of white terra cotta that cover the building's facade. The triangular shape is patterned after the Seville Cathedral's Giralda Tower in Spain. The building also features Spanish Colonial Revival style, French Renaissance style and Beaux-Arts style. Open daily from 8 to 6, visitors can get a spectacular view of the river and Chicago skyline by going to the 14th floor and grabbing a seat by the windows of the American Bar. In 2019, billionaire financier Joe Mansueto purchased the Wrigley Building for $225 million.
翻译:我已故的妻子曾在瑞格利大厦的一间办公室工作了 20 年。当芝加哥新闻俱乐部占据北塔一楼的空间时,我们经常在宽敞的双层餐厅吃早餐,偶尔吃午餐和晚餐。在新主人取消理发师之前,我一直在理发店理发。瑞格利大厦位于北密歇根大道 400-410 号,毗邻芝加哥河和密歇根大道大桥,俯瞰芝加哥滨河步道,与论坛报大厦隔街相望,自 1920 年代以来一直是芝加哥最著名的建筑标志之一。但它不仅仅是一座漂亮的白色摩天大楼,带有一个由一包薄荷味口香糖建造的钟楼,而薄荷味口香糖是箭牌公司的招牌产品,箭牌公司以口香糖闻名,其创始人威廉·瑞格利二世也是芝加哥小熊棒球队的老板。设有时钟的南塔于 1921 年竣工,北塔于 1924 年竣工,1931 年在 14 层增建了连接高层的连桥。箭牌大厦建成时,其时钟是该市最大最高的时钟,而这座 27 层高的建筑也以 438 英尺的高度成为该市最高建筑。其内部依然奢华,拥有 20 世纪 20 年代的大理石地板和墙壁、桃花心木和 2,000 多扇窗户。更不用说覆盖建筑外墙的 175,000 块白色陶土了。三角形的外观仿照西班牙塞维利亚大教堂的吉拉达塔。该建筑还具有西班牙殖民复兴风格、法国文艺复兴风格和美术学院风格。箭牌大厦每日上午8点至下午6点开放,游客可以前往14楼,在美式酒吧的窗边找到座位,欣赏壮丽的河景和芝加哥天际线。2019年,亿万富翁金融家乔·曼苏托以2.25亿美元收购了箭牌大厦。