Here’s some background information about Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower, located in Chicago. Facts The Sears Tower was the world’s tallest building until 1996, when it was surpassed by the ...

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It’s still the deadliest passenger airline accident on U.S. soil. 1981: “Spider Dan” Goodwin scaled the Sears Tower, which was then the world’s tallest building.

Sears Tower ended the Empire State Building’s four-decade reign as the world’s tallest and transformed the West Loop into a glittering office corridor.

Insurance giant MetLife announced plans to sell the Sears Tower, the nation's tallest skyscraper, to an unspecified buyer in a deal the company says will net $90 million.

That Sears building, by the way, now the Willis Tower, lost its title as the country’s tallest building in 2014, when One World Trade Center in New York City was completed.

It was designed as a gift to the city of Chicago; an observation deck on the top of what was then the world's tallest building and still called Sears Tower.

Until the arrival of Malaysia's Petronas Towers in 1998, Sears Tower in Chicago had held the record as the world's tallest building for 25 years. The Sears Tower is a familiar sight on the Chicago ...