Gateway Tower (Chicago) Gateway Tower (Chicago) The Gateway Tower is a conceptual proposal to illustrate a potential use of the abandoned site once planned to house the Chicago Spire in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side of Chicago. The plans call for a building tall and feature commercial elements that augment residential use. It is the result of a company-wide internal competition at Gensler to replace the Chicago Spire. , the building is conceptual, and "Maxim" writer, Scott Tharler, considered the project unlikely. The building would include condos, apartments, a hotel, a Skylobby, a Skydeck with a restaurant, an amusement ride
Metropolitan Tower (Chicago) of this ornament, the building is sometimes referred to as the "Beehive Building." Just beneath the beehive are four carillon bells ranging in weight from 1,500 to 7,000 pounds, unused for many years until restored in 1979 for the Chicago visit of Pope John Paul II. At one time, the bells chimed the well-known Cambridge Quarters 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