4 Comments to “Tribune Tower Symbolism”

You can follow all the replies to this entry through the comments feed.

1. Colonel Tribune
   05/12/2009 at 6:47 am | Permalink

   It looks like a minotaur to me.

2. Kathy Riordan
   05/12/2009 at 6:48 am | Permalink

   It’s a howling dog which was used as a design feature to commemorate one of the architects, John Mead Howells. (A Robin Hood was used to commemorate the other architect, Raymond Hood.)

   • Anthony Verre
     05/12/2009 at 9:07 am | Permalink

     A dog? but it has hooves? As for the Robin Hood, are you referring to this one: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1129/1240188079_bf14c9c45d.jpg?v=0

3. Van B.
   05/12/2009 at 5:53 pm | Permalink

   I’m going with . Being a symbol of social and political commentary, which is of course one of the functions of journalism… On the editiorial pages, at least.