SEARS TOWER

Chicago, the world's second tallest building. Until the opening of the 1,483-ft (452-m) Petronas Towers (1997) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, it was the world's tallest building. Constructed from 1970 to 1974 for Sears, Roebuck and Co., it rises 110 stories to a height of 1,450 ft (442 m); the 253 ft (77 m) television antenna topping it makes it the world's third largest freestanding structure at 1,703 ft (519 m). Designed by the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the Sears Tower is supported structurally by square tubes of welded steel with floors suspended within the tubes, a technological innovation that was developed specifically for the mammoth skyscraper by architectural engineer Fazlur Kahn. The Sears Tower has an exterior of black aluminum and bronze-toned glass cut by black bands.

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books on: Sears Tower  - 3037 results

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The Good Old Days: A History of American Morals and Manners as Seen through the Sears, Roebuck Catalogs 1905 to the Present
Book by David L. Cohn; Simon & Schuster, 1940
Subjects: Costume--United States--History--20th Century, Fashion--History--20th Century, Mail-Order Business, Sears, Roebuck And Company, United States--Social Life And Customs--20th Century
...paved roads in America in 1900. In 1910 Sears sells cars guaranteed to run in mud or...Etiquette. Ford and mass production. The Sears Automobile and what it would do. Tires...Beauty. The automobile revolutionizes Sears and forces it to open retail stores...
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A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders
Book by Gary M. Lavergne; University of North Texas Press, 1997
Subjects: Mass Murder--Texas--Austin, Mass Murderers--Texas--Austin--Biography, Whitman, Charles Joseph--1941-1966
A SNIPER IN THE TOWER The Charles Whitman Murders...Lavergne, Gary M., 1955- A sniper in the tower : the Charles Whitman murders / Gary...twenty-five years have I looked at the Tower and not thought about Charles Whitman...
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Leasing the Ivory Tower: The Corporate Takeover of Academia
Book by Lawrence C. Soley; South End, 1995
Subjects: Academic Freedom--United States, Corporations--Charitable Contributions--United States, Endowment Of Research--United States, Endowments--United States, Intellectual Cooperation
Leasing the Ivory Tower The Corporate Takeover of Academia Praise for Leasing the Ivory Tower "This work performs a signal public service...personal and corporate gain. Leasing the Ivory Tower is necessary ammunition for campus and community...
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Dispatches from the Ebony Tower: Intellectuals Confront the African American Experience
Book by Manning Marable; Columbia University Press, 2000
Subjects: African Americans--Study And Teaching (Higher), Blacks--Study And Teaching (Higher), United States--Ethnic Relations--Study And Teaching (Higher), United States--Race Relations--Study And Teaching (Higher)
Dispatches from the Ebony Tower Intellectuals Confront the African...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dispatches from the ebony tower : intellectuals confront the African...the field. Dispatches from the Ebony Tower is the product of more than a quar...
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Saints & Revolutionaries: Essays on Early American History
Book by David D. Hall, John M. Murrin, Thad W. Tate; Norton, 1984
Subjects: Morgan, Edmund Sears, New England--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, United States--Civilization--To 1783
...also below, nn. 52, 53, 54. 50. A visiting preacher filling the pulpit left empty by Wrens visitors of Saint Marys Tower, Ipswich, on 23 April 1636, quoted in Shipps, "Lay Patronage of East Anglian Puritan Clerics," 261. organized clusters of Separatists...
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journal articles on: Sears Tower  - 75 results

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Structural Developments in Tall Buildings: Current Trends and Future Prospects
Journal article by Mir M. Ali, Kyoung Sun Moon; Architectural Science Review, Vol. 50, 2007
Subjects: Aerodynamics--Evaluation, Architectural design--Evaluation, High rise buildings--Design and construction, High rise buildings--Distribution, High rise buildings--Properties, Skyscrapers--Design and construction, Skyscrapers--Distribution, Skyscrapers--Properties, Tall buildings--Design and construction, Tall buildings--Distribution, Tall buildings--Properties
...are now in Asia and only two, the Sears Tower and the Empire State Building...Trade Center in New York and the Sears Tower in Chicago, completed in 1973 and...this concept are the 110-story Sears Tower, the 100-story John Hancock Center...
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A Conversation with Tony Rucci Preparing Future Leaders
Journal article by Kenneth R. Thompson; Journal of Leadership Studies, 1999
Subjects: Deans (in schools)--Interviews, Leadership--Analysis, Rucci, Anthony J.--Interviews, University of Illinois (Chicago)--Officials and employees
...dump it into the laps of your people and you say, "Thats how the customer feels. As an executive sitting here in the Sears Tower and I dont have a clue why the customer feels that way, but you do, youre in front of them every day. What would have...
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Shakespeare in Chicagoland
Journal article by Paul Hecht; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 26, 2008
Subjects: Cymbeline (Play), Hamlet (Play), King Lear (Play)--Theater reviews, Othello (Play), Richard II (Play), Theater--Theater reviews, Troilus and Cressida (Play)
...visit the observation deck of the Sears Tower, but the closest tower to the Pier...in the hundred-twenties, and the Sears Tower begins to poke from gaps on the...the center of things, pass the Sears Tower on your right, and then proceed...
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The Limits of Spatialized Form: Visibility and Obscurity in Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward
Journal article by Nicholas M. Williams; Utopian Studies, Vol. 10, 1999
Subjects: American literature--19th century, Bellamy, Edward--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Dreams--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Looking Backward (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Utopias in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...interprets the post cards sold at the Sears Tower in Chicago and their formalizations...Marins observer from the deck of the Sears Tower or Blochs utopian who has climbed...characteristics of the activity that Lyman Tower Sargent has usefully described as...
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The Iconography of the American City: Or, a Gothic Tale of Modern Times
Journal article by Peter W. Williams; Church History, Vol. 68, 1999
Subjects: Church History
...of the colossal high-rise, which would in Chicagos Sears Tower eventually reach 110 stories and 1,454 feet, called...emotion, would necessarily be high. A high building, a tower--a tower singing upward that would tell the epic story of Pittsburgh...
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magazine articles on: Sears Tower  - 99 results

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A New Face in the Ivory Tower
Magazine article by Caroline V. Clarke; Black Enterprise, Vol. 26, October 1995
Subjects: Simmons, Ruth--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., Smith College--Officials and employees, Women's colleges--Officials and employees
...something done, she was the person they got involved." Such accolades made Moran, the Chicago-based assistant general counsel of Sears, Roebuck and Co., quite eager to meet Simmons. But the road to that meeting was long and winding. "I made many a phone call...
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The Few, the Proud
Magazine article by Terrance Harmon, Charles R. Sears II, Alessandro Ghidini, Judy Boothe; The Advocate, February 15, 2005
...courage. Then you will walk in strength and light. Charles R. Sears H, San Francisco, Calif. I found that the portion of the journal...17-year-old Iraqi soldier after they had consensual sex in a guard tower. Obviously, the "dont ask, dont tell" policy is even less sustainable...
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How High Will They Build?
Magazine article by Ron Gluckman; Popular Science, Vol. 262, March 2003
Subjects: Architecture, Asia, Design engineering, High rise buildings, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, Petronas Towers, Shanghai China
...with its bridge-like exoskeletal steel ribs, and the Sears Tower, which had been dethroned by Petronas in 1996. What Trump...decreed that, at 1,483 feet, the Petronas Towers beat the Sears Tower (1,450 feet) for the title of worlds tallest. It was...
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"Art in Chicago, 1945-1995
Magazine article by Katy Siegel; Artforum International, Vol. 35, March 1997
Subjects: Art--Exhibitions, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, California)--Exhibitions
...Siegel MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART In building the Sears Tower, Chicago - the city with broad shoulders that longs for...boosting the citys architectural stature, but because the Sears Tower looms over the World Trade Towers and every other building...
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Chicago Flavor
Magazine article by Lauren Chiang; Risk Management, Vol. 50, April 2003
...rich not just in flavor, but also in history. Hot dogs, pizza and steak define the city as much as blues music or the Sears Tower. Chicago food reflects a tradition of immigrant roots and blue collars, a quality that historian Bruce Kraig calls...
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Sears Tower Turns Willis
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 17, 2009
Subjects: Department stores, Sears, Roebuck and Co.--Management
Sears Tower Turns Willis. AMERICAS tallest skyscraper...control of it. At a ceremony in Chicago, the Sears Tower became Willis Tower. It follows the leasing...understood the sentimental attraction to the Sears Tower name, but pointed out that the company...
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Sears Tower Stands Tall for Spirit of Chicago
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 13, 2004
Sears Tower Stands Tall for Spirit of Chicago...know: How many windows are there on the Sears Tower? If you have a question youd like Kids...Gurnee suggests the following. - "The Sears Tower" by Craig A. Doherty - "Let There Be...
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Sears Tower Part of New Plot 7 in Miami Accused of Plans to Hit Sears, Other Buildings
Newspaper article by Amie Shak; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 23, 2006
Sears Tower Part of New Plot 7 in Miami Accused of...stages of a terrorist plot against the Sears Tower, as well as other buildings in the U.S...declined further commets. The 110-floor Sears Tower is the nations tallest building. Security...
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TERROR GANG PLOT TO BOMB SEARS TOWER; UNDERCOVER AGENT SNARES FANATICS Mission to 'Wage War' against US
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 24, 2006
TERROR GANG PLOT TO BOMB SEARS TOWER; UNDERCOVER AGENT SNARES FANATICS...planning to attack Chicagos 1451ft Sears Tower. The seven were also thought to...planned to set off a bomb at the Sears Tower and had taken photographs of the...
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TERROR GANG PLOT TO BOMB SEARS TOWER; UNDERCOVER AGENT SNARES FANATICS Mission to War' against US
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 24, 2006
TERROR GANG PLOT TO BOMB SEARS TOWER; UNDERCOVER AGENT SNARES FANATICS...planning to attack Chicagos 1451ft Sears Tower, where more than 10,000 people...planned to set off a bomb at the Sears Tower and had taken photographs of the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sears Tower  - 5 results

 
 
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Sears Tower
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SEARS TOWER Chicago, the worlds third...building; renamed 2009 Willis Tower. Until the opening of the 1...Constructed from 1970 to 1974 for Sears, Roebuck Co., it rises 110...architectural engineer Fazlur Kahn. The tower has an exterior of black aluminum...
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Petronas Towers
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Pelli. Completed in 1997, they surpassed Chicagos Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) as the record-holding tallest structure; they themselves...by a double-decker pedestrian skybridge, and each tower is surmounted by a 242-ft-high (74-m) pinnacle...
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World Trade Center
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...For a brief period (until the completion of the Sears Tower , now the Willis Tower, in Chicago in 1974), the World Trade towers were...towers that rise in height toward the the "Freedom Tower" (Tower 1), designed by the American architect David...
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Skyscraper
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...second tallest; 88 stories high and topped by twin spires, they stand 1,483 ft (456 m) tall. Third highest is the Sears Tower (opened 1974, now the Willis Tower) in Chicago; its 110 stories rise 1,454 ft (443 m) with an additional 253 ft (77...
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Chicago , City, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...structure is seen in the John Hancock Center (1968), the Amoco Building (1973, now the Aon Center), and the Sears Tower (1974, now the Willis Tower), which is the tallest building in the United States. The Twentieth Century Between World War I and...


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