Chicago on the Move!

Visit-day of the Willis Tower!


Willis Tower, formerly named Sears Tower, is the tallest skyscraper in Chicago, with 108 floors. It measures 527 m with the antenna and 442 m only at the roof-level. At the time of its completion in 1973 it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York. Currently, Willis Tower is the tallest building in the United States and the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world.

Although Sears' naming rights expired in 2003, the building continued to be called Sears Tower for several years. However, in March 2009 London-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, agreed to lease a portion of the building and as part of the agreement obtained the building's naming rights.

It's really huge!


And the 103rd-viewpoint is phenomenal!
On a clear day, you can see 40-50 miles around, the city of Chicago and its beautiful architecture, Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin, and the other side of the Lake Michigan!

As you can see, that was not the case this day!



Chicago's downtown:





The glass balconies!!!
The all-glass boxes allow visitors to look through the floor to the street 412 m below.
It's a kind of scary at first!



Oh man! The cabin has turned upside down!!!



And it's even possible to bump by chance into strange creatures from around the world...


Beautiful day, i met some nice people...so-called famous... why not!



And once more, the Chicago's 2016 Olympic Games candidacy is visible everywhere!!
We will know the final decision on October 2nd...