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Sears Tower plotter gets 13 1/2 years
Miami :: FL :: USA | 6 days ago
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The man authorities say led a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago was sentenced Friday in Miami to 13 1/2 years in federal prison. Prosecutors had wanted to see Narseal Batiste sent away for 70 years but U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard appeared...
Tags: Sears Tower, Chicago, Miami, Terrorism in the United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Al-Qaeda, Sears Tower plot, Moorish Science Temple, Seas of David, Islamic terrorism, Law Crime, WLS, Willis Tower
Measurement tweak makes Trump Tower 6th tallest
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility No, the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has come up with a new way of defining the base of the tower, which has given the Trump tower an extra 27 feet. It used to be that the measurement began from the sidewalk outside a building's...
Tags: Chicago, Petronas Twin Towers, Skyscraper, Willis Tower, Trump Hotel Las Vegas, Trump Tower, Structural engineering, Trump International Hotel and Tower, Donald Trump, Burj Dubai, Jin Mao Tower, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Adrian Smith (architect)
103-story charity climb is no cakewalk
Oak Lawn :: IL :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago on Sunday held its first stair-climbing fund-raiser at the Willis Tower, attracting 2,000 new and loyal followers and raising more than $600,000 for patient care and research. The event, called SkyRise Chicago,...
Tags: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Michael Dineen, Skyrise Chicago, SkyRise Chicago, Willis Tower Skydeck, Oak Lawn, Willis Tower, Chicago
One of the Tallest Buildings in the World Gets A Green Roof
The Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, has been an iconic part of the Chicago skyline for many years. And now, thanks to plans for a major energy efficiency overhaul, it may give visitors and residents in the Windy City something even...
Tags: Willis Tower, Sears Tower, Chicago, green building, green roof, Environment, green
Arlington Heights resident leads fight against tower renaming
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Within two hours of learning last March of the Sears Tower's looming name change, Alex Lucas of Arlington Heights had a Web site up and running. "I knew that time was of the essence," Lucas said. The site, itsthesearstower.com , hosts a petition against...
Tags: willis tower, Sears Tower
Sears Tower gets new name
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the United States, was renamed the Willis Tower on Thursday in a downtown ceremony, marking a new chapter in the history of the giant edifice that has dominated the Chicago...
Tags: Sears Tower, Willis Tower, Henry Paulson, tallest building, Chicago
Whatcha talkin 'bout? Sears Tower renamed
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility As of Thursday, the iconic Chicago, Illinois, skyscraper is now named Willis Tower. At least that's what the owners of the 110-story skyscraper now call it after its new main tenant, the London, England-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings. However,...
Tags: Willis Group Holdings, Sears Tower, Chicagoans, Willis Tower, Joe Plumeri, tower renamed, Sears Roebuck & Co.
Midwest travel destination adds a stomach-dropping new dimension
If you can stomach heights, a new feature on the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere-the Sears Tower-is for you! The new "Ledge" that opens today (7/2/09) will let its Skydeck visitors stare straight down 1,353 feet (gulp!). It is ...
Tags: Sears Tower, Chicago IL, Skydeck, The Ledge, Willis Tower, Willis Group Holdings Ltd.
Sears Tower to be renamed Willis Tower
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility London-based Willis Group Holdings will move five local offices into more than 140,000 square feet in the building at 233 S...Plumeri, chairman and chief executive of Willis, as saying, “Having our name associated with Chicago's most iconic structure...
Tags: Willis Group Holdings Ltd., Sears Tower, Chicago Business, Willis Tower, tallest building, insurance broker, Willis HRH, naming change, renamed willis, willing moves
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