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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 ...
[2] [3] Sears Tower was the tallest building in the world upon its completion, and remained the tallest building in the United States until May 10, 2013. [4] The second, third, and fourth-tallest buildings in Chicago are the Trump International Hotel & Tower, St Regis Chicago, and the Aon Center, respectively. Of the ten tallest buildings in ...
Its rooftop observation deck was 1,362 ft (415 m) high and its indoor observation deck was 1,310 ft (400 m) high. [102] Each tower stood over 1,350 feet (410 m) high, and occupied about 1 acre (4,000 m 2) of the total 16 acres (65,000 m 2) of the site's land. During a press conference in 1973, Yamasaki was asked, "Why two 110-story buildings?
1994 - Sears, Roebuck & Company sells the building to reduce its debt. 1996 - The Petronas Twin Towers surpass the Sears Tower in height to become the world’s tallest buildings at 1,483 feet each.
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK -- Blackstone Group (BX) agreed Monday to buy the Willis Tower, the former Sears Tower that for 25 years was the world's largest building, in a deal that features an ...
New York City recently lost its last Sears with the closing of this Brooklyn store in 2022. Housed in an Art Deco building with a 100-foot tower, the location had been in business since 1932.
The South Tower's rooftop observation deck was 1,362 ft (415 m) high and its indoor observation deck was 1,310 ft (400 m) high. [4] The World Trade Center towers held the height record only briefly; the Sears Tower in Chicago, finished in May 1973, reached 1,450 feet (440 m) at the rooftop. [5]
CHICAGO (AP) -- The tallest building in America is getting a new name. Chicago's Sears Tower will be renamed Willis Tower after London-based Willis Group Holdings. The insurance broker announced ...