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  2. Willis Tower Fast Facts - AOL

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    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 ...

  3. Willis Tower - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Architecture of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Willis Tower, the tallest building in Chicago. The buildings and architecture of Chicago reflect the city's history and multicultural heritage, featuring prominent buildings in a variety of styles. Most structures downtown were destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 (an exception being the Water Tower). [1]

  5. List of tallest buildings and structures - Wikipedia

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    At the time, the Willis Tower held first place in the second and third categories, the Petronas Towers held the first category, and the original WTC North Tower held the fourth (height to tip) category with its antenna. [19] In 2000, however, a new antenna mast was placed on the Willis Tower, giving it the record in the fourth category.

  6. History of the world's tallest buildings - Wikipedia

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    Using the criterion of highest tip (including antennae), the World Trade Center in New York City was the world's tallest building from 1971 to 1973, until the Willis Tower in Chicago (which already had a higher occupied floor than the World Trade Center) had its antenna extended to give that building the world's tallest tip a title it held ...

  7. Protective coating on Willis Tower Ledge cracks under ... - AOL

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    A California family got more than they bargained for during a trip to the Willis Tower Skydeck, WGNTV reports. Alejandro Garibay, his brother and two cousins were visiting Chicago's tallest ...

  8. Chicago's tallest building Willis Tower sells for $1.3 billion

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    Chicago, Illinois (WGN) - The Willis Tower has a new owner. The Blackstone Group is a private real estate investment team. Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII agreed to pay $1.3 billion for the tower.

  9. Charles Mound - Wikipedia

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    (The highest point is the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower.) The top of the hill is about 0.25 miles (400 m) from the Wisconsin border. It is within the Driftless Area, a region of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin that was not covered or ground down by the last continental glaciers. The hill itself is an erosional remnant ...