Willis Tower, formerly 1973–2009 Sears Tower, skyscraper office building in Chicago, Illinois, located at 233 South Wacker Drive, that is one of the world’s tallest buildings. The Sears Tower opened to tenants in 1973, though construction was not actually completed until 1974.

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The Willis Tower colloquial: Sears Tower, its name for 36 years is a 110- story, 1,450-foot 442.1 m skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At completion in 1973, it surpassed the World Trade Center in New York to become the tallest building in the world, a title it held.

24.02.2015 · This picture, if it is a photograph of the Willis Tower taken 46 miles away from a height of 5m, is very strong evidence for the Earth being a sphere.

The area around Willis Tower provides a good illustration. The ground level is about 595 feet. The tower’s antenna is 1730 feet. The floor of the lowest basement is 43 feet below ground level. So the tower ranges from 552 to 2325 feet above sea level. Chicago has 7 buildings over 900 feet tall, giving it a mini mountain range 1500 feet above sea level with higher summits.

Charles Mound is a gentle, 1,235-foot 376 m high hill in northern Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, near the small town of Scales Mound, and 11 miles 18 km northeast of Galena. It is the highest natural point in the state; thus, it is considered a highpoint.

In 2008, Hines REIT Properties LP, an affiliate of Hines Real Estate Investment Trust Inc., purchased the Williams Tower for $271.5 million from Transco Tower Ltd., a partnership consisting of Kuwaiti investors represented by Atlanta-based Fosterlane Management Corp. The building was offered along with a parking garage, a 2.3-acre 0.93 ha.

Willis Tower is the heart of downtown Chicago and the future of work and play. The 110-story building is one of the tallest buildings in the world and the second tallest building in Chicago, making it impossible to miss when appreciating the city’s skyline.

Observation deck in West Berlin with a view of Potsdamer Platz on the other side of the Berlin Wall, 1977. At the bottom of the steps a placard shows what the square looked like in 1929. At the bottom of the steps a placard shows what the square looked like in 1929.

In a 2005 poll, Chicago Tribune readers voted it one of the "seven wonders of Chicago," behind the lakefront and Wrigley Field, but ahead of Willis Tower formerly the Sears Tower, the Water Tower, the University of Chicago, and the Museum of Science and Industry.