The Sears Tower has been a metropolis occasion for almost 36. Over that time the Sears Tower has become the destination for jillions of world tourists and a daily center of impact and commerce for thousands of Chicagoans. The Sears Tower has been America's tallest antiquity for 33 years. And at 442 metres, it's no diminutive competitor -the Petronas Towers only beat it out by 10 metres. It has 108 floors, and from its observation embellish 412 metres up, four states crapper be seen for whatever 80 kilometres from the tower. It has 108 elevators, for different levels up the tower.The Sears Tower module be Chicago's tallest until the metropolis Spire is complete early next decade, which module be 158 metres taller, at a whooping 600 metres in height. This module also attain it the tallest in the US. Other gangly towers in the US currently designed are the Freedom Tower at 541 metres, and Crown Las Vegas at 512 metres. The Sears Tower, however, module still be the quintessential metropolis skyscraper. After all, the metropolis Spire module be a condominium building, not much a symbol of the city's endeavour, like the Sears.
