How it’s feel when you in the transparent building which is high 1,353 feet in the air ? It’s maybe like walking on the air ? Chicago has a transparent walls, floor and ceiling leave visitors with the impression they’re floating over the city in the Sears Tower.
Building’s 103rd floor skydeck got a sneak preview of balconies. The balconies have been nicknamed “The Ledge”open to public Thursday. Visitors treated wonderful views of Chicago from the building’s west side and a heart-stopping vista of the street and Chicago River below.
”It’s like walking on ice, first time step you take –am I going down?” said one of visitor Margaret Kemp. Her heart was still pounding even after stepping away from the balcony. You could get hang of it on 30 or 40 trips later.
One of the property owner John Huston said they present with the world’s most awesome, precipitous, and the most wow view. The $350 million balconies can hold five tons, and the glass is an inch-and-a-half thick. Sears Tower officials have said the inspiration for the balconies came from the hundreds of forehead prints visitors left behind on Skydeck windows every week. The green renovation complete with wind turbines, roof garden, and solar panels.