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The NBC Tower is an office tower on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States located at 454 North Columbus Drive (455 North Cityfront Plaza is also used as a vanity address for the building) in downtown Chicago's Magnificent Mile area. Completed in 1989, the 37-story building reaches a height of 627 feet (191 m). NBC's Chicago offices, studios, and owned-and-operated station WMAQ-TV are located here as of 1989. Formerly its former radio sister WMAQ/WSCR was located here. WSNS-TV is also located here. The design, by Adrian D. Smith of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, is considered one of the finest reproductions of the Art Deco style and similar to the GE Building in New York City. The tower is further enhanced by the use of limestone piers and recessed tinted glass with granite spandrels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1042/NBC_Tower.php )〕 The building takes cues from the nearby landmark Tribune Tower with the use of flying buttresses. A broadcast tower and spire tops the skyscraper. WMAQ/NBC has STL and satellite facilities on the roof and does not transmit from the tower, as those facilities are atop the Willis Tower. WMAQ radio/WSCR studios and STL were located in the building until 2006 when they relocated to Two Prudential Plaza. The building, located in the Cityfront Plaza area, contains of space and three floors of underground parking with 261 spaces. Connected to the main tower is a four-story radio and television broadcasting facility where popular shows such as ''Judge Mathis'', ''Steve Harvey'' and WSNS's newscasts and WMAQ's newscasts are currently taped. Formerly ''The Jerry Springer Show'', ''The Steve Wilkos Show'' and WMAQ/WSCR radio productions taped here. WSNS studios and offices also occupy space in the building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=nbctower-chicago-il-usa )〕 The building is visible in several scenes of the 2011 movie ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''. ==Tenants== WMAQ/NBC, WSNS/Telemundo and formerly WMAQ/WSCR radio studios were/are here. The Consulate-General of India in Chicago is located in Suite 850.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://indianconsulate.com/page/display/5/2 )〕 The Consulate-General of South Korea in Chicago is located in Suite 2700.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://usa-chicago.mofa.go.kr/english/am/usa-chicago/mission/location/index.jsp )〕 The Consulate-General of Lithuania in Chicago is located in Suite 800. * WMAQ-TV newscasts (All newscasts now tape from a studio inside the Tower. Studio 5 has since closed and is no longer used for newscasts.) * WMAQ/WSCR Radio (1989–2006) * WSNS-TV (2002–present) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NBC Tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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