Sears Tower is No More !
The Brits are Back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the world's most iconic skyscrapers has long tempted Chicago visitors to squint, crane their necks and try to see the tip of the country's tallest building. But starting Thursday, Sears Tower will be gone.
Sort of. Its black, block-like architecture and towering rooftop spikes will remain, but the widely recognized name it carried for three decades will be pushed out by a British company.
Willis Tower will be introduced to Chicago by Mayor Richard M. Daley and others on Thursday during a public renaming ceremony hosted by Willis Group Holdings. The London-based insurance brokerage secured the naming rights as part an agreement to lease 140,000 square feet of space, and has said it plans to bring hundreds of jobs to the city.
But some locals aren't sold.
"It's always going to be the Sears Tower. It's part of Chicago and I won't call it Willis Tower. In Chicago we hold fast," Chicago teacher Marianne Turk, 46, said as she stood in line this week to go up to the building's Skydeck.
Source: AP News
ouf! too much for today!
and the building? birmingham?
Slight correction...
Big Ben is the Clock..
Amazing how a building can become the icon of an entire city or even nation! like paris without the eiffel tower, london without the BIG BEN. after the 9-11 attack new york lost a huge land mark. all the films, related or not to the WTC used to picture them! nowadays it's rather the Chrysler building. like the needle of seattle, or the golden gate in california.
I thought they're going to demolish Sears Tower. They just renamed it.
Whoosh! (wipes head)
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