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Originally Posted by Jim in Chicago
Those doors look fairly modern and generic, I highly doubt they are original to the building or have any significance. I'm sure the various floors of the Tribune Tower have been repurposed and remodeled many times over the years. Nothing to see here.
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Those are definitely the standard historic door format for the building, and that's the standard historic trim found throughout the building right above it in the photo. Whether these are really historic features or more recent replicas, I'm not sure.
I did some work in the building back in 2014. Most floors, at least as far as corridors go were still intact: marble flooring and wainscoting, mahogany doors and trim, transom lights, brass or bronze hardware. Unfortunately one of my architect friends from SCB leaked an in progress residential floor plan for the building a few months ago. All of those remaining historic corridors get torn out as well as the buildings stairwells and all but two elevators in order to make a more efficient residential layout with less and narrower hallways.