There is no greater monument to the scale of Sears at its height than the 1,451-foot, 110-story tower it erected in Chicago. When Sears Tower opened in 1973, it was the world’s tallest building ...

Of all the empty buildings in Minnesota — the downtown office towers, suburban campuses, small-town main streets, abandoned ...

Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, opened in 1973, though construction was not completed until 1974. The skyscraper was the world’s tallest building until 1998, when it was ...

THE SEARS TOWER YOU’VE HEARD OF WAS ACTUALLY NOT THE FIRST. The record-breaking skyscraper that looms over Chicago’s Wacker Drive was conceived and constructed between 1969 and 1973, ...

1994 - Sears, Roebuck & Company sells the building to reduce its debt. 1996 - The Petronas Twin Towers surpass the Sears Tower in height to become the world's tallest buildings at 1,483 feet each.

Associated Press fileSears Tower to be renamed Willis Tower.CHICAGO -- Sports fans have dealt with it for years: a favorite team sells the naming rights to its stadium in a lucrative, if ...

Power outage at Willis Tower leaves building looking ‘disappointed,’ just like everyone else in 2020 Chicagoans who noticed that their beloved “Sears Tower” had lost its twinkling lights ...

An iron worker helps construct the Sears Tower in Chicago. Sears' new headquarters, built in 1973, was the world's tallest building until 1998. Sears sold the building in 1994.

The talk of Sears’ demise may be premature: just two months ago, a previously shuttered Sears in Burbank quietly turned the lights back on. Two weeks after that, another reopened in Washington.

There is no greater monument to the scale of Sears at its height than the 1,451-foot, 110-story tower it erected in Chicago. When Sears Tower opened in 1973, it was the world’s tallest building ...