The best buildings in downtown Chicago tournament: Final Four

We're down to the four best downtown Chicago buildings!

• Another whopping day of your voting gets us to a Final Four matchup steeped in history.

The Wrigley Building vs. The Rookery

The Wrigley Building stood tall over Tribune Tower in their North Michigan Avenue Elite 8 matchup.

• It opened in 1921 as headquarters for chewing gum company Wrigley, becoming the city's first office building to boast air conditioning.
• Before that, Chicago had no major buildings north of the river.

The Rookery won a nail-biter over Goldberg's modern masterpiece, Marina Towers.

• Built in 1888 and designed by Daniel Burnham and John Root, The Rookery symbolized our rise from the ashes after the 1871 fire.
• Frank Lloyd Wright redesigned the lobby in 1905.

Merchandise Mart vs. Carbide and Carbon Building

The Merchandise Mart continues to defy the odds and pulverize its competition in our tournament — this time the Smurfit Stone building.

• The Mart, built in 1930 by Marshall Field & Co, is still the world's largest privately owned commercial building, at 4.2 million gross square feet.
• It had its own ZIP code up until 2008!

In an upset, the gilded Carbide and Carbon building blew Jeanne Gang's wavy Aqua out of the water.

• Built in 1929 by Daniel Burnham's sons, the building represents art deco at its finest.
• The Carbide and Carbon Co. developed the first dry cell battery.

🗳 Final Four voting is now underway! The polls close at 4:30pm.