The Sears Tower is the tallest skyscraper in Chicago, but
also in the United States. Moreover, it has been the world’s tallest
building from 1973-1998. Located in the heart of Chicago Downtown, also
called the “West Loop” – the city’s premier submarket and home to its
largest corporations and commuter rail stations – the Sears Tower today
occupies a significant position in Chicago’s city center.
The first skyscrapers were invented in the late 1800s
and Chicago has played a major role in the invention. It has been the
site of many of the skyscrapers’ stylistic and technical advances. In
the phenomenal growth years after the Chicago Fire of 1871, a pool of
architectural talent known as the First Chicago School advanced the
skyscraper form we know now. This is the reason why the city is also
known as “the birthplace of skyscrapers”.
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