Sears Tower
233 South Wacker Drive
Chicago,
Cook County,
Illinois 60606
View of the Sears Tower from a highway.
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The Sears Tower has been the tallest building in the United States since 1973 and was the world's tallest building from 1973 to 1998.
Current Rating: 5 by 4 voters.
Landmark Trivia
- In February 1982, two television antennas were added to the structure, increasing its total height to 1,707 ft. (520 m). The western antenna was extended to 1,729 ft. (527 m) on June 5, 2000.
- The Sears Tower has the most total floor space of any building in the United States only behind The Pentagon.
- There have been several owners of the Sears Tower since Sears moved out in 1995, but Sears retains the naming rights for the building.
- Two-story high black bands appear on the tower around the 30th–32nd, 64th–65th, 88th–89th, and 106th–107th floors. These are louvers which allow ventilation for service equipment and obscure the structure's belt trusses which Sears Roebuck did not want to be visible.
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