"Tall buildings are man-made. Towers have historically been not only the pride of their temporary owners, but of their cities as well. So the Sears Tower, one more mountain, was created for this city on the plains. Sears is very direct in its structural solution, a new concept of cluster tubes, originally fifteen, reduced to nine when the hotel was eliminated from the plan. The Sears Tower itself is much like the idea behind San Gimignano, but unlike most tall buildings in New York, it is a tower of the people, not the palace of a bank." —Bruce Graham, architect of the Sears Tower

At 1450 feet and 110 stories, the tallest building in America. Until recently the world's tallest building, and still has the highest occupied floor level in the world. The fire-ka of Chicago was imprisoned on the 33rd floor. We left it burning.

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• http://www.searstower.com/index.html