Next door to Willis
Jul. 20th, 2009 11:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bellinghmanOur Chicago office is in a reasonably tall building - 200 South Wacker Drive, just over 40 floors. But it's somewhat overshadowed by the Willis Tower on the opposite side of the street, which is nearly three times the height, and the tallest building in the US.
The Willis Tower?
Well, they do expect people to take a decade or two to really get used to its new name. It used to be known as the Sears Tower.
The Willis Tower?
Well, they do expect people to take a decade or two to really get used to its new name. It used to be known as the Sears Tower.
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Date: 2009-07-20 10:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-20 10:58 am (UTC)(Though that was only renamed a decade or so ago.)
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Date: 2009-07-20 11:21 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-07-20 02:45 pm (UTC)Oh yes, it showed over here, and thank you both for reminding me of it, even if I probably never watch more of it than it took to get the channel changed.
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Date: 2009-07-20 02:49 pm (UTC)*puts on slippers, grabs pipe and complains about the youth of today*
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Date: 2009-07-20 11:27 am (UTC)There was a certain film with Bruce Willis in a tower...
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Date: 2009-07-20 11:37 am (UTC)And so, last week, it got renamed.
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Date: 2009-07-20 03:54 pm (UTC)Yes, I know that skyscrapers are often accused of being phallic symbols (a little unfairly, the reason for their shape comes down to a mixture of economics and engineering), but isn't this somewhat over the top?
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