1981: “Spider Dan” Goodwin scaled the Sears Tower, which was then the world’s tallest building. At least 200 people showed up ...

From the moment it opened as the world’s tallest building in 1973, the building formerly known as the Sears Tower has captured the imaginations of visitors. Even if you’ve stepped out onto the ...

A worker navigates the Sears Tower as the building nears completion on April 13, 1973. It’s a long way up — 1,370 feet to be exact. The men working on the Sears Tower, 233 S. Wacker Drive ...

The latest alleged threat came from seven men arrested Thursday in Florida and Georgia and accused of plotting to bomb the 110-story Sears Tower and a federal building in Miami. Attorney General ...

CHICAGO – The 110-story Sears Tower, the tallest office building in the Western Hemisphere, will be renamed the Willis Tower later this year, global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings ...

The Willis Tower's value has decreased by 42% since 2018, falling below its outstanding loan balance. A recent appraisal ...

His most famous buildings are the John Hancock Center (100 stories) and the Sears Tower (110 stories and the world’s tallest when its building was finished in 1974). “Downtown Chicago—the ...

“The structure of Sears Tower is all steel,” Smith says. So too is the structure of the Empire State Building, now just the 51st tallest building in the world but standing proudly since 1931.