![]() The design features three prominent setbacks at the height of nearby buildings: the Wrigley Building, Marina City, and 330 N Wabash, which, combined with its singularly reflective exterior, allow this supertall to blend into the skyline, almost to the point where you could overlook it. Donald Trump intended for it to be the tallest in the world, but decided to scale back to a mere "second tallest in North America" (after the Sears Tower) following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Trump Hotel and luxury residential building is both the newest member of the Chicago skyline, completed at the beginning of 2009, and the tallest after the Sears Tower-indeed, it is the fourth tallest in the United States. The innovative design successfully handled the challenges of air flow and elevator/emergency support for an unprecedented number of people, but the employees at Sears' formerly collegial suburban campus complained that it handled the challenges too well - they never saw anyone outside their own departments any more! Sears is no longer the building's major tenant, and the corporate naming rights have been sold to the Willis Group, but a number of other, smaller firms have offices in the building, which also features Chicago's most visited observation deck on the 103rd floor. ![]() It was built for Sears, Roebuck, and Company in 1974 by Bruce Graham of Skidmore, Owings, and Merill. The Sears Tower, officially the Willis Tower, is the second tallest building in the U.S after One World Trade Center in New York City.
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