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Travel & Experiences
The Ledge is stationary, but your knees might wobble.
Sept. 6, 2009
World & Nation
At the top of the nation’s second-tallest building, the Willis Tower in Chicago, sightseers standing on glass suspended 1,353 feet over streets shouldn’t be alarmed if they hear cracking.
May 29, 2014
Entertainment & Arts
The famous Skydeck of the Willis Tower — which features a set of transparent ledges situated more than 1,300 feet in the air and extending 4.5 feet out from the skyscraper — experienced what appeared to be cracks in one of its boxes on Wednesday, alarming tourists who had come to the attraction for its aerial views of Chicago.
Opinion
Skyscraper envy
Nov. 15, 2013
One World Trade Center is officially the tallest building in the U.S. But does size really matter?
The Council on Tall Buildings says the tower’s spire is an integral part of the structure and should be counted, making the official height 1,776 feet.
Nov. 12, 2013
One World Trade Center in New York has been named the tallest building in the U.S., displacing the Willis Tower in Chicago.
Building experts declared New York’s new World Trade Center tower the highest skyscraper in the country Tuesday, knocking Chicago’s Willis Tower from the spot it has held for nearly 40 years and answering the burning question in high-rise circles: When is a long pointy thing protruding from a roof more than just a long pointy thing?
Nov. 13, 2013
Obituaries
He designed the Willis Tower -- formerly known as the Sears Tower and still the nation’s tallest skyscraper -- and the X-braced John Hancock Center, which became a symbol of the city’s might.
March 9, 2010
An architectural council will decide whether the spire atop One World Trade Center can be considered part of its height.
Nov. 11, 2013