An aerial view of the topping out of the Sears Tower on May 3, 1973, in Chicago. Sears Tower, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, is the worlds tallest building on May 18, 1973, in Chicago.

The Sears Tower, right, begins to take shape in downtown Chicago in the early 1970s. Workers take in the view from the 80th floor of the Sears Tower under construction on November 6, 1972. The ...

The Sears Tower, right, begins to take shape in downtown Chicago in the early 1970s. Workers take in the view from the 80th floor of the Sears Tower under construction on November 6, 1972. The ...

CHICAGO -- For Chicagoans it may be the architectural equivalent of having to watch Michael Jordan finish his career in a Washington Wizards uniform: The Sears Tower is turning into something ...

Sears announced plans to build a new downtown headquarters in Chicago in 1969. Four years later the Sears Tower opened. When it opened in 1973 the 110-story building became the tallest building in ...

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 ...

From Atop Sears Tower, A Ledge With A View A new ledge opens at the Sears Tower Skydeck in Chicago. The enclosed glass box extends 4 feet from the building and allows visitors to stare 1,353 feet ...

Sears will shutter the store at 2 N. State St. in Chicago's Loop business district in April, Howard Riefs, a spokesman, said Wednesday. The store employs about 160 mainly part-time staff, and ...

This summer, the Sears Tower plans to add four enclosed glass-bottomed balconies jutting out from the building's 103rd-floor Skydeck -- offering a view of 1,353 feet down.

When Sears Tower opened in 1974, its status as the tallest building in the world kept people looking upward, serving to distract from its rather awkward meeting with the ground.

Chicago has lost its famous beacon, and it’s creeping out Second City residents. The famed “Sears Tower” suffered a blackout Sunday after massive flooding caused a power outage in the high ...