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The Willis Tower, originally and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110- story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest ...
Seating capacity. 240. Website. windowsontheworld.com (archived) Windows on the World was a complex of dining, meeting, and entertainment venues on the top floors (106th and 107th) of the North Tower (Building One) of the original World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. [1]
2010. Skyscraper. Office, residential apartments, restaurant, hotel. United Arab Emirates. Dubai. Tallest freestanding structure in the world 2007–Present. Topped out in 2009. 25°11′50.0″N 55°16′26.6″E / 25.197222°N 55.274056°E / 25.197222; 55.274056. 2.
Windows on the World, the restaurant on the North Tower's 106th and 107th floors, [130] opened in April 1976. It was developed by restaurateur Joe Baum at a cost of more than $17 million. [ 131 ] As well as the main restaurant, two offshoots were located at the top of the North Tower: Hors d'Oeuvrerie (offered a Danish smorgasbord during the ...
Here’s some background information about Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower, located in Chicago. Facts. The Sears Tower was the world’s tallest building until 1996, when it was surpassed ...
1 World Trade Center. The original One World Trade Center (also known as the North Tower, Tower 1, Building One, or 1 WTC) was one of the Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center complex in New York City. It was completed in 1972, stood at a height of 1,368 feet (417 m), and was the tallest building in the world until 1973, when surpassed ...
E Wacker. The St. Regis Chicago, formerly Wanda Vista Tower, is a 101-story, 1,198 ft (365 m) multi-use supertall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. [2][3][4][5][6][7] Construction started in August 2016, and was completed in 2020. [8] Upon completion it became the city's third-tallest building at 1,198 ft (365 m), [9] behind the Willis Tower and ...
The Trump International Hotel and Tower is a skyscraper condo-hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The building, named for Donald Trump, was designed by architect Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Bovis Lend Lease built the 100-story structure, which reaches a height of 1,388 feet (423.2 m) including its spire, its roof topping out ...