The fate of 311 W. Wacker is a moment to be marked. The threat of knocked-down skyscrapers is a blow to our beloved downtown.

Bottom line: The AON Center got just one year as the tallest building in Chicago before it was surpassed by the Sears Tower, which is now known as Willis Tower. Originally known as the Standard ...

A 65-story office tower in Chicago’s southwest Loop would make history as the tallest building ever voluntarily demolished if industry speculation about a deal in the works is realized.

Many famous buildings in Chicago are renowned ... by Chicagoans as) the Sears Tower, this famous tower once surpassed the ...

Occupying the 103rd floor – that's nine floors higher than 360 CHICAGO – of the 110-story Willis Tower (the third-tallest building in North America after One World Trade Center and Central ...

Here are the tallest buildings planned or newly opened in the Midwest and where they rank on the council's top 100 list. 25. Hudson's Tower ... Flora, Chicago. Height: 380 feet.

The architect behind it, Bruce Graham, later worked on the Sears Tower in Chicago, which became the tallest building in the world. As a young architect drafting at my desk, I often wondered if I ...

In its heyday in the 1970s, the company forever changed Chicago's skyline by building the iconic, 110-story Sears Tower, which held the record for the tallest building in the world for more than ...