Downtown Chicago back in 2004, then known as the Sears Tower which also at the time 3 years after the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and toppling of the original Twin Towers was the tallest building in the United States. Sears Roebuck and Company, which originated in Chicago decided in 1969 to build a central office space for it 350,000 employees and settle on the design by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of a tower of steel-framed bundled-tube tower. In actuality the building is made up of 9 framed tubes, literally 9 forty-nine story skyscrapers that form the 1451 foot structure. When it opened in 1974, the Sears Tower surpassed New Yorkβs Twin Towered World Trade Center as the tallest building in the world until 1998. Sears actually sold the building in 1993 when they move out of the downtown area into the suburbs. In 2009 the name was changed to Willis tower after its tenant British Insurance firm Willis. Taken on Kodachrome 200 on a Minolta X-700 with 35-70 f3.4-4.5 Rokkor lens. Another image reprocessed from my archives. #developportdev @gothamtomato @chicago @developphotoweek #excellent_america @minolta.film @willistowerchicago @willis.tower #willistower #searstowerforever #searstower @bhphoto @bheventspace (at Willis Tower, downtown Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBClzjQpWfM/?igshid=1ws4xzngyk1qr
