Former Chicago Daily News building now a city landmark

The Chicago Daily News building opened 97 years ago, helping to establish the city as a center for media and architecture. Although the Daily News moved out of the 26-story, steel-framed riverfront building in 1960, its importance never diminished. Last week, the Chicago City Council designated the Art Deco skyscraper at 2 N. Riverside Plaza as an official Chicago landmark. “It's a building that was incredibly important for a number of reasons: architecturally but also urbanistically and…