Inside DC| More...
 

Sears Tower

Lessons Learned From the Olympic Fiasco

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, 2016 Olympics, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, Sears Tower, Todd Stroger, International Olympic Committee, Ioc, Chicago Budget, Cook County Board, Cook County Board President Race, Willis Tower Tifs, Tifs, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

If citizens want to be protected from bad government and further rip-offs, we are going to have to rise to a new level of involvement. I have little hope that our elected representatives will truly represent us.

Read Post

Chicago's Living River

Brian Dickie | Posted 11.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chinatown, Michigan Avenue, Chicago-Water-Taxi, Willis Tower, Sears-Tower, Chicago River, Tourism, Skyscrapers, Chicago News
Brian Dickie

I have been in Chicago for ten years and had never been in Chinatown before. A trip on the water taxi there is lovely and relaxing.

Read Post

Hancock Building Keeping Its Name After Sears Tower Rebranding

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVID ROEDER | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, Willis Tower, Hancock Building Chicago, Hancock Building, The John Hancock Center, Chicago News

Chicago's Sears Tower has morphed, officially at least, into Willis Tower, ak a "the Big Willie." In 2001, the old Standard Oil Building, ak a "Big St...

Read Whole Story

Willis Tower Becomes Official: Sears Tower Renamed

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Willis Tower, Sears Tower, Sears Tower Renamed, Sears Tower New Name, Joseph Plumeri, Mayor Daley, Big Willie, Sears Tower Skydeck, Sears Tower Ledge, Willis Group Holdings, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., was renamed the Willis Tower on Thursday ...

Read Whole Story

Sears Tower Becomes Willis Tower Thursday

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 08.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, Willis Tower, Sears Tower Name Change, Willis Group Holdings, Sears Tower New Name, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Sports fans have dealt with it for years: a favorite team sells the naming rights to its stadium in a lucrative, if unsentimental, mon...

Read Whole Story

SEARS TOWER 103RD FLOOR Glass Balcony Holds Spectacular And Terrifying View

The Post Chronicle | Posted 08.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Sears Tower, Sears Tower 103rd Floor, Chicago-Illinois, Home News

From The Post Chronicle: Chicago's Sears Tower 103rd floor balcony unveiled - The view from the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere just got...

Read Whole Story

Sears Tower Opens Glass Ledge On 103rd Floor Skydeck (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 08.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, Sears Tower Ledge, Sears Tower Skydeck, Sears Tower Glass Balcony, Visiting Sears Tower, Chicago Tourism, Willis Tower, Sears Tower Unveils 103rd Floor Glass Balconies, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest. "It's like walking on ice," said ...

Read Whole Story

From Tallest to Most Efficient

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Business News, Sustainability, Sears Tower, Leed, Green Buildings, Chicago, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

The owners of the Sears Tower have announced plans to upgrade the building for sustainability, which will make it the tallest building in the western hemisphere to undergo such an overhaul to date.

Read Post

Sears Tower Getting $350M Green Overhaul, New Hotel

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, Sears Tower Green Renovation, Leed, Willis Tower, Green Building, Sears Tower Hotel, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Wind turbines, roof gardens and solar panels will join the pair of antennas atop the Sears Tower's staggered rooftops, said building o...

Read Whole Story

Willis Group CEO Talks Sears Tower Name Change, TIF Money

Chicago Tribune | Becky Yerak | Posted 07.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, Willis Tower, Willis Group Holdings, Joe Plumeri, Sears Tower Tif, Chicago News

Now publicly traded, Willis asked for and received $3.8 million in tax-increment financing from the city to redevelop the Sears Tower space. "It's go...

Read Whole Story

Spiderman Alain Robert Arrested In Sydney For Climbing 41-Story Building (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Australia, Taipei 101, Petronas Towers, France, Foreign Affairs, Sydney, Spiderman, Sears Tower, Video, Alain Robert Spiderman, Empire State Building, Alain Robert Sydney, Alain Robert, Spiderman Alain Robert, Advocacy, World News

SYDNEY (AP) - A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" was arrested Tuesday after scaling a 41-story building in downtown Sydney with his bar...

Read Whole Story

Sears Tower Bombing Plot: 5 Of 6 Convicted Of Planning To Blow Up Sears Tower, FBI Offices

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 06.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Terrorism, Liberty City Six, Sears Tower, Sears Tower Plot, Sears Tower Bombing Plot, Sears Tower Plot Trial, Liberty City Six Trial, Al Qaeda, Chicago News

MIAMI — It took three trials, three juries and nearly three years, but federal prosecutors finally succeeded Tuesday in convicting five Miami me...

Read Whole Story

Sears Tower TIF: Willis Wants Tax Deal For Move To Iconic Skyscraper

Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 06.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, Willis Tif, Willis Tower, Tifs, Sears Tower Tif, Chicago News

Willis Group Holdings Ltd. is seeking a $3.8-million city subsidy to pay for build-out of its new headquarters at Sears Tower, which will soon be rena...

Read Whole Story

Sears Tower Opening Glass-Bottom Sky Deck In June

Huffington Post | Posted 06.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, Willis Tower, Sears Tower Sky Deck, Chicago Tourism, Travel, Sears Tower Glass Ledge, Sears Tower Ledge, Chicago News

The view from atop the nation's tallest building is about to get even better. In June the Sears Tower will open a glass-bottom sky deck as part of a ...

Read Whole Story

For Sale: Reasonably-Sized City on Western Bank of Lake Michigan

Michael Roston | Posted 04.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Wrigley Field, Marshall Field's, Sears Tower, Comiskey Park, Sears Tower Renamed, Willis Tower, Scheinhardt Wig Company, Field's Macys, Chicago News
Michael Roston

Wrigley, Sears, and Marshall Field's were all old money. But they were old Chicago money, a sign of how this unique place had emerged where once there was a swamp that stunk of wild onions.

Read Post

Sears Tower To Be Renamed, Become Willis Tower

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 04.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: New Sears Tower, Sears Tower, Sears Tower Renamed, Willis Tower, Willis Group Holdings, Willis Sears Tower, Chicago News

CHICAGO — For Chicagoans it may be the architectural equivalent of having to watch Michael Jordan finish his career in a Washington Wizards unif...

Read Whole Story

Sears Tower Could Be Renamed

Crain's Chicago Business | Thomas A. Corfman | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, Will Group Sears Tower, Sears Tower Naming Rights, Willis Group Holdings, Chicago News

Willis Group Holdings Ltd. has focused its search for a new local office on Sears Tower, which could be renamed after the London-based insurance broke...

Read Whole Story

If the Sears Tower can Change Color, Then so can Other Chicago Landmarks

Greg Boose | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, James R. Thompson Center, Cloud Gate, David Roeder, Cta, The Bean, Northern Trust, Smurfit-Stone Building, Hancock Center, Northern Trust Bailout, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News
Greg Boose

Paste the entire Northern Trust building with hundred dollar bills from the government. Employees and clients can grab a handful whenever they please.

Read Post

Sears Tower Could Get Silver Paint Job

Chicago Sun-Times | David Roeder | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower Silver, Sears Tower, Sears Tower Silver Paint, Sears Tower Recladding, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

The New York-based owners of Sears Tower want to know if adding silver will bring in some green. Sources said the owners are considering an expensive...

Read Whole Story

Sears Tower Terror Plot Suspects Facing Third Trial

AP | RASHA MADKOUR | Posted 03.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower Bomb Plot Trial, Sears Tower Plot, Sears Tower, Sears Tower Plot Suspects, Chicago News

A group of Miami men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices sold out their country for money, a federal prosecutor...

Read Whole Story

Economy Stops Chicago Skyline Expansion

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, Trump Tower, Chicago Architecture, Chicago Skyline Expansion, Economic Crisis, Chicago Skyline, Chicago Spire, Millennium Park, Grant Park, Chicago News

A big chill is about to hit the city of big shoulders. In the wake of the global credit crisis, Chicago's once-superheated skyline--radically transfo...

Read Whole Story

Sears Tower Offers Tenants Free Bike Rides

Chicago Sun-Times | Mary Wisniewski | Posted 10.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Tom Dempsey, Sears Tower Bikes, Sears Tower, Sears Tower Free Bikes, John O'Neal, Chicago News

Tom Dempsey, vice president and general manager of the Sears Tower, used to grab a taxi when he was running late for a meeting in another part of the ...

Read Whole Story

The Navy Vs. Modern Architecture In North Chicago

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 10.25.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, Chicago Architecture, Bruce Graham, Architectural Preservation, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Great Lakes Naval Station, Gunner's Mate School, Chicago News

The Navy tried to portray Tuesday's announcement that it will demolish a landmark of mid-century modernism co-designed by Bruce Graham, the architect ...

Read Whole Story

Jury Deadlocked Over Homegrown "Sears Tower Terrorists"

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sears Tower, Bush Administration, Al-Qaeda, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Al-Qaida, Fbi, Homegrown Terrorism, Alberto Gonzales, Justice Department, Politics News

In a stinging defeat for the Bush administration, one of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears T...

Read Whole Story