Sears Tower, Wacker Drive, Chicago
1973
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Tallest tower in north America
3rd tallest building in woirld at time of writing
110-storey office tower
for Sears, Roebuck & Company
1,450 ft

Sears Tower was the world’s tallest building for 25 years
Beaten in 1998 by the Petronas Towers, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
In 2004 Taipei 101 became the tallest building
The Sears Tower is however still tallest to the tips of the antennas: 1,725 ft




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