Sears Tower
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My parents and my grandmother could be precise when it mattered — say, when my father, a structural engineer, conducted a total stress-test analysis of the Sears Tower, as it was known then.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2022
To Chicagoans, the distinctive skyscraper that dominates the skyline will always be the Sears Tower, no matter that it was renamed the Willis Tower in 2009.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
High up in the Sears Tower, management couldn’t see that the retail landscape was changing.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2018
There’s Rukavina, in a photo on the front page of the Tribune on Dec. 15, 1973, atop the Sears Tower.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2018
As long as I can find the Sears Tower, I know I can’t get lost.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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