Left photo: Sears Tower became the tallest building in Chicago, surpassing the John Hancock Center, seen in the background, when construction continued in November 1972. (Charles Osgood/Chicago ...

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 ...

Demolition of “The White Castle Building” — though unlikely — would open a prime city block for new development.

Many famous buildings in Chicago are renowned ... by Chicagoans as) the Sears Tower, this famous tower once surpassed the former World Trade Center in New York as the tallest building in the ...

We could be witnessing Chicago’s transformation from the home of the world’s tallest building to the site of the world’s tallest teardown. We’re not here to nitpick the deals of the ...

So, what is the tallest building in the U.S. and what are its closest competitors? Each towering skyscraper tells a story.

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.

The Sears Tower may have ... as long as you don't count the Chicago building's antennae. With its twin, the Petronas Tower One held the record for tallest building from its completion until ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Ledge is a glass box on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower, the eighth-tallest building in the world and the tallest building in the Western hemisphere.