Where to travel, travel and route planner » penthouse roof http://www.dankuna.com/blog Best travel, maps, GPS, weather, images, cheap hotels Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sears Tower, Chicago http://www.dankuna.com/blog/sears-tower-chicago.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sears-tower-chicago http://www.dankuna.com/blog/sears-tower-chicago.html#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:45:44 +0000 JohnMS http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/north-america/sears-tower-chicago/ [...]]]> The is a in Chicago, Illinois. It has been the since 1973, surpassing the World Trade Center, which itself had surpassed the only a year earlier. Commissioned by Sears, Roebuck and Company, it was designed by chief architect Bruce Graham and structural engineer Fazlur Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
Sears Tower, Chicago

Sears Tower, Chicago


Construction commenced in August 1970 and the building reached its originally anticipated on May 3, 1973. When completed, the Sears Tower had overtaken the roof of the World Trade Center in New York City as the world’s tallest building. The tower has 108 stories as counted by standard methods, though the building owners count the main roof as 109 and the mechanical as 110. The distance to the roof is 1,451 feet (442 m), measured from the east entrance. In February 1982, two television antennas were added to the structure, increasing its total height to 1,705 feet (520 m). The western antenna was later extended to 1,730 feet (527 m) on June 5, 2000 to improve reception of local NBC station WMAQ-TV. Interesting travel destination.

GPS : 41° 52′ 44.04″ N, 87° 38′ 8.88″ W

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