Willis Tower turns 50: 'It's the most Chicago thing you can think of'

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Mike Lowe has more on the anniversary of a Chicago icon here: tinyurl.com/4y...

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@paulrubio3918 10 ай бұрын

First of all, this building will always be the Sears Tower for me. The name "Willis" just doesn't sound majestic enough. The Sears Tower is truly a defining icon in the Chicago skyline, especially when I'm coming back from a trip and I see it rise up above the city of Chicago. Happy Birthday Sears Tower! Congratulations on 50 years! This report was a great way to celebrate.

@travisc8403 Жыл бұрын

50 years as the Sears Tower..nice

@boogitybear2283 3 ай бұрын

I refuse to call it Willis. Willis was a character on Diff’rent Strokes!😂

@doodledangernoodle2517 Жыл бұрын

Such a shame the Twin Towers couldn’t have celebrated their 50th birthday alongside the Sears Tower this year as well

@dvferyance 9 ай бұрын

They would have had theirs in 2020 since they were built in 1970.

@Ariel_Saturn 8 ай бұрын

As for today, they would have become 51 now (during their opening), Rest in peace to those people who was involved in that tragic event. At least One World Trade Center will turn 10 in 2024.

@dvferyance 8 ай бұрын

@@Ariel_Saturn It turned 10 this year.

@joseollero3788 3 ай бұрын

@@Ariel_Saturnpor culpa de George w bush ya no están las torres gemelas

@joseollero3788 3 ай бұрын

@@dvferyancepor culpa de George w bush ya no están las torres gemelas

@mvp1116 Жыл бұрын

*Sears Tower

@turboredcart Жыл бұрын

SEARS!

@jasontomica8938 Жыл бұрын

Forget the willis tower, thank u sears tower!!!!

@vauxican Жыл бұрын

Hush

@boogitybear2283 6 ай бұрын

The most iconic building in America! I hope it stays around as long as the Earth exists!!

@joseollero3788 3 ай бұрын

Seguro que si hay que cuidar todos los edificios de la nación eeuu

@murphycreationsvideos 5 ай бұрын

One of my favorite skyscrapers of all time, I love it's black glass aesthetics.

@JoseMorales-lw5nt 8 ай бұрын

As a man born and raised in The Bronx since 1981, I feel it an honor to know that for the first 19 full years of my life, I grew up in a world where the Sears Tower coexisted with my Twin Towers! Oh, and just to show you that building engineers can have a sense of humor manifest into a permanent design.... The men who came up with the final exterior design of the Sears Tower were said to be inspired by the grouping of cigarettes as they were being pulled out of its carton. Picture a couple of cigarettes coming out its packaging, then look at the outer design... see it?😂❤

@boogitybear2283 6 ай бұрын

I thought that was such a neat idea by using Cigarettes! I’m still sad the Twins are gone. Something about those 70s Skyscrapers were in a League of their Own!😊

@JoseMorales-lw5nt 6 ай бұрын

@@boogitybear2283 Indeed! And you'll never believe this. Minoru Yamasaki, the man who designed the original Twin Towers, had the foresight to incorporate a similar design for an office building that's still standing! Look up The BOK Building in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It's roughly half the size of the Towers. Same exterior slit windows design. Even similar lobby designs with warm light marble like the old WTC. It has stood for roughly 50+ years. A single reminder of the 70's esthetic that keeps the old World Trade Center alive.

@joseollero3788 3 ай бұрын

@@boogitybear2283Ojalá hagan las torres gemelas otra vez

@KaraMiaSantaLucia Ай бұрын

I’ll never forget calling my Mother on 9/11 while she was working on the 66th floor of the Sears Tower. I told her to get the hell out of it, I’ll also never forget admiring the Twin Towers overlooking the bay in NJ in the late 90s. I’ve seen them as a teen, I’ve seen them fall (on tv), I’ve visited Ground Zero and visited the Memorial Tower. ❤️ NYC

@KaraMiaSantaLucia Ай бұрын

@@joseollero3788there is a Memorial Tower, new station and memorial fountain/falls that is etched all names who perished where the Twin Towers once stood.

@maureencora1 Жыл бұрын

It's Always Be the Sears Tower For Me, Can I Get a Witness? (smile)

@lilflashplays 9 ай бұрын

Same for me

@coreyrowe4119 9 ай бұрын

The Sears Tower is 50, there's no such thing as the Willis Tower!

@BM-yi7up Жыл бұрын

Never. Always the Sears Tower. 🎉

@craigs1437 Жыл бұрын

A scene from the movie "Ferris Buellers Day Off" was filmed in this building via Observation Deck, back in 1985.

@EternalEyeofRa 3 ай бұрын

The most Chicago thing I can think of to celebrate this iconic building is to always call it what made it iconic in the first place, The Sears Tower.

@ntatenarin Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday, Sears Tower! We love you!

@Chosen1Crown Жыл бұрын

Time to build a taller skyscraper

@The_best_days_are_yesterdays 7 ай бұрын

It's Sears Tower then, it's the Sears Tower now, it's the Sears Tower forevermore. 🎂 Happy 50th!

@scottkane3776 Жыл бұрын

Sears thought it was older than that

@ChristopherTrott Жыл бұрын

Sears Tower

@chrispnw2547 9 ай бұрын

Before the Willis (Sears) Tower, the John Hancock building was 'the' Chicago landmark. The new owners of the building have to be given credit for the upgrades and repositioning of the property for a broader audience. The tower is Chicago's Empire State building and a deserving landmark. 401 N Wabash Ave. will be seen in the same light in the future AFTER some small changes are made to the exterior to remove some last-minute ill conceived modifications.

@ernestconnell8087 Жыл бұрын

What you talking about Willis

@turboredcart Жыл бұрын

My first apartment had a view of it. I watched the lights come on at night- and go off

@JoseMartinez-df2db Жыл бұрын

That building looks just like the Sears Tower! How is that possible?

@lilflashplays 9 ай бұрын

Cuz it is lol 😂😂😂😂😂

@lilflashplays 9 ай бұрын

@Commando_VR I know it’s the joke can you read?

@lilflashplays 9 ай бұрын

@Commando_VR mk then you would know I was going wit the joke, clearly I had the laughing emoji

@pearlguy6351 10 ай бұрын

Wow I didn’t know it’s was built while World Trade Center was being built at same time 😢

@joseollero3788 3 ай бұрын

La torre Sears se terminó después que el anterior WTC

@KSoloLoso Жыл бұрын

Ahhh the sears tower 😊 happy birthday

@joewojtecki9991 Жыл бұрын

Da Sears

@AnixCo1990 Жыл бұрын

Originally the Sears Tower was supposed to be around 5.5-6 million square feet. Unfortunately the faa put a limit on its height, 1,450 ft so that meant scaling back the square footage to only 4.5 million square feet.

@wll1500 8 ай бұрын

They could have achieved that footage if they had designed the building without setbacks, but certain tenants wanted smaller rentable floors

@AnixCo1990 8 ай бұрын

@@wll1500 I’m aware that they made the upper floors smaller in order to attract more tenants. They still could’ve kept the same design just make the base a bit bigger. And add more floors, the Sears Tower could’ve been around 250-260ft at its base. And around 2000ft high at its roof line, currently has a 225x225ft base.

@Itravelbackintime 10 ай бұрын

Sears Tower has the highest roof in America that even would look down at the newer 1 WTC in NYC.

@raydemos1181 Жыл бұрын

What does Willis stand for, is that Gary Colemans brother on the tv series Different Strokes,,,,,,,,,what you talking about Willis

@PauloSergioMDC 3 ай бұрын

Sears Tower. Sears Tower turns 50; it's the most Chicago thing ever.

@davidstout6051 Жыл бұрын

I would have thought any number of things would be the most Chicago thing one could think of- Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, Art Institute, Field Museum, Museum of Science and Industry, State Street, the “L” , Holy Name, the Loop, etc.

@jamescook4116 Жыл бұрын

To a national or international audience, the Chicago Skyline defines the city. The Sears Tower is still the crown jewel of that skyline. Simple as that.

@yourroyalhighness7662 6 ай бұрын

Sears Tower: “I was Sears Tower born. I was Sears Tower bred. When I die I’ll be Sears Tower dead!”

@jonmckenzie8952 Ай бұрын

Sears& Roebuck closed in Maryland 😮! Does the average citizen know why?😢(appliances and clothes).

@calvinnickel9995 Жыл бұрын

Sears Tower.

@vauxican 9 ай бұрын

Hush

@j.louisrodriguez2025 2 ай бұрын

As a chicagoan now living in texas it will always be the sears tower stop the bs.

@lawrencemoore3863 4 ай бұрын

If you say Willis Tower,("What you talking about Willis" ), it is the least Chicago thing you can say,if you say the Sears Tower it's the most Chicago thing you can say

@joseollero3788 3 ай бұрын

Hay que cuidar la torre Sears de Chicago

@joseollero3788 3 ай бұрын

Cuidemos del edificio

@margaretneanover3385 10 ай бұрын

Jusr wondering the timeline set off the true said time.

@BaseballPlayer0 Жыл бұрын

who's the blonde girl who jumped @ the end there in the glss ledge

@calvinrivera5463 Жыл бұрын

what's with the shorter stubbier antenna?

@cocoaorange1 Жыл бұрын

I that it had free admission back in the day, I was 5 then.

@cocoaorange1 Жыл бұрын

I meant think.

@joseollero3788 10 ай бұрын

Como mola

@tropicalblum Жыл бұрын

SEARS Tower!

@turboredcart Жыл бұрын

Too bad it isnt large enough to house all of the migrants. Tho WGN studios could house 40 of them. and it is SEARS TOWER

@jonmckenzie8952 Ай бұрын

😢, the Twin towers in (New York was changed $!)…$! Where does business get done? I need an office (@ Royal Farms).

@juangarcia-gv2jy Жыл бұрын

I like the name Sears Tower better.

@sarahvictoria2009 Жыл бұрын

I still say Sears Towers...

@vauxican Жыл бұрын

I don’t care

@autobahnfrancisco236 4 ай бұрын

Estuve en la Sears Tower en Junio 2019, fui dos veces al observatorio, majestuosa e imponente. Me conozco la historia , también fui al AON Center como al John Hancock.. EEUU 🇺🇸 sigue siendo la capital del mundo y sus oficinas están en Nueva York y Chicago, saludos

@joseollero3788 3 ай бұрын

Pero NY tiene más rascacielos que Chicago?

@autobahnfrancisco236 3 ай бұрын

@@joseollero3788 NY tiene más

@The_Quaalude Жыл бұрын

The most Chicago thing i can think of is murder 😂

@eprofessio Жыл бұрын

I’m going to buy the naming right to that tower. I’m going to name in honor of Chicago the absurd name left below.

@latenightlogic 10 ай бұрын

Stop calling it by its official name. Nobody in the real world does.

@TheUzamaki1234 Жыл бұрын

I think murder capital actually

@CGarrett Жыл бұрын

That's New Orleans. Chicago is safe compared to there

@TheUzamaki1234 Жыл бұрын

@@CGarrett I agree which is very unfortunate.

@JoseMartinez-df2db Жыл бұрын

So you’re one of the uneducated. 🤦🏽‍♂️

@TheUzamaki1234 Жыл бұрын

@@CGarrett 20+ shot In Chicago for Juneteenth celebration. Just sad events playing out.

@emeraldkimble7602 Жыл бұрын

The World Trade Center was tallest for twenty eight r years more

@Mrd9960 10 ай бұрын

No it wasn't, The Sears Tower was always the tallest in the world, not the Twin Towers.

@joseollero3788 3 ай бұрын

@@Mrd9960la torre Sears dejo de ser la más alta del mundo en 1996

@Mrd9960 3 ай бұрын

@@joseollero3788 Sorry Jose, I don't understand Spanish, can you type english please? Thanks

@redmanr5522 Жыл бұрын

I say we rename it, the Steve Wilkos tower! in honor of Chicago native, and at one time, a police officer. Sears, Willis, forget that! Big tall and proud!