At that time, 50 floors were already constructed.įrom the topmost floor, you can experience the view of not one but four cities: Chicago, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana.
Two lawsuits were filed against the construction of the tower to move up more than 67 floors because otherwise, television reception would deteriorate. The inspiration of the towers was a pack of cigarettes which was thought over by Bruce Graham and Fazlur Rahman Khan over lunch. Sears paid further $2.7 million for the road and tore it down. But the problematic Quincy Street divided the lots the building was going to go up on. In order to build the tower, Sears purchased 15 buildings from 100 owners. Just after the name changing, Thousands of Chicagoans joined a digital movement to change the name back and over 50,000 signed the petition for the same. Sears had actually lost the naming rights to the building in 2003, but the branding stuck around for another six years until Willis slapped its name on the tower. Sears Tower got the name Willis Tower in 2009 which it acquired upon the transfer of the property to Willis Group Holdings. The Sears Tower becomes the world’s third tallest building, at the time (below Petronas Tower 1 and Petronas Tower 2). In 1996, The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, surpassed the Sears Tower in height to become the world’s tallest buildings.
The building’s largest tenant is United Airlines and occupies about 20 floors with its headquarters and operational centres. In 1973, Willis Tower broke the record for being the tallest tower, surpassing the World Trade Centre towers in New York and thus claiming the ‘tallest building in the world’ title. Here are some interesting facts about the tower which will make you aware of the tower, even if you’re sitting a thousand miles away.
Located in Chicago, millions of people, each year, visit the observation deck to gasp with surprise as it shows a marvellous view of the city. Willis Tower, also known as the Sears tower, is the second largest tower in United States and 14th largest in the world.
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