The notion of building a tower to the heavens is as old as Genesis ... Khan returned to the United States and was hired as an engineer in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ...

The nonprofit Landmarks Illinois released a list of 10 most endangered landmarks on Tuesday. The list includes the Portage Theater, the Sears Administration Building and the Libby, McNeill and Libby ...

Landmark opened in 1973 with original tenant Sears Roebuck & Co. CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Sears Tower is history. As of Thursday, the iconic Chicago, Illinois, skyscraper is now named Willis Tower.

America’s dominant retailer for much of the 20th century, Sears made the Hoffman Estates campus its final Illinois headquarters between its move from the then Sears Tower in Chicago in the early ...

It has since been a proud symbol of Old Chicago. Today, it houses a small art gallery and features the work of local artists, filmmakers, and photographers. Formerly (and still referred to by ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed ... Here, you'll find the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower), the second-tallest building in North America. Most hotels and restaurants located ...

Such flights are no longer allowed below 3,000 feet in a semicircle extending 1.5 miles east of the Sears Tower. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley had requested that the federal government institute a ...

The dedication to art spans decades, with the modern music scene ... the Willis Tower — and how it always has been and always will be the Sears Tower to them. Residents of Chicago may measure their ...

Director-choreographer Justin Peck and writer Jackie Sibblies Drury craft a genre-defying work that expands what kind of art ...

Home Community Resources For Parents & Families Things to Do: Evanston & Chicago When you come to visit Northwestern ... Tickets should be purchased in advance. Willis (Sears) Tower is the tallest in ...

With this in mind, U.S. News rounded up some of Chicago's best guided tours ... such as the John Hancock Center, the Willis Tower (aka the Sears Tower), Adler Planetarium and the Field Museum ...