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Prof.

Mar 12, 2009, 09:54 PM

My dad was on his way home from work when he heard on the radio that Sears Tower in Downtown Chicago is no longer going to be called "Sears Tower." It is now going to be called "Willis Tower"

Confirmation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Tower)

I, for one am going to continue to call it "Sears Tower." :)

NT1440

Mar 12, 2009, 09:55 PM

My god, the country is in a serious recession, and somehow Bruce Willis has the money to buy a skyscraper, ridiculous!:rolleyes:
:p

Prof.

Mar 12, 2009, 09:59 PM

^ LOL that was my reaction when my dad told me. I was like "Bruce Willis bought the Sears Tower???:eek:"

FrankieTDouglas

Mar 12, 2009, 10:15 PM

"Whatcha talking bout Willis?"

Lord Blackadder

Mar 12, 2009, 10:27 PM

What's next? The "Willis Empire State Building"? The "Willis Washington Monument"? :eek::rolleyes:

Sun Baked

Mar 13, 2009, 12:01 AM

"Whatcha talking bout Willis?"

Is Gary Coleman going to be there to see his TV brother get the honor of having a building named after him, and zing off the trademark catchphrase.

bradl

Mar 13, 2009, 12:22 AM

Is Gary Coleman going to be there to see his TV brother get the honor of having a building named after him, and zing off the trademark catchphrase.

Heh..

Coleman was Arnold, not Willis. You're thinking Todd Bridges.

Would have been better if they went with Harry Carey or J.J. Adams (Good Times) Building.

Anywho, I'm still holding to not doing any business in that city until Meigs gets restored, or Daley is gone.

BL.

Sun Baked

Mar 13, 2009, 12:27 AM

Heh..

Coleman was Arnold, not Willis. You're thinking Todd Bridges.

Would have been better if they went with Harry Carey or J.J. Adams (Good Times) Building.

Anywho, I'm still holding to not doing any business in that city until Meigs gets restored, or Daley is gone.

BL.

I thought I was wondering if Arnold was going to be there to see his brother Willis get a building named after him. Must be the lack of commas ....

Edit: I would have voted for the Ron Jeremy building myself, since the building is old and frumpy now, and a lot of the newer buildings are bigger.

Surely

Mar 13, 2009, 12:59 AM

Edit: I would have voted for the Ron Jeremy building myself, since the building is old and frumpy now, and a lot of the newer buildings are bigger.

Well then it would be called The Hedgehog Building....

Eanair

Mar 13, 2009, 08:48 AM

"Whatcha talking bout Willis?"

Haha, and my reaction to that was "Avenue Q"!!!

leekohler

Mar 13, 2009, 08:53 AM

It's stupid. And we Chicagoans are p***ed off. :mad:

sikkinixx

Mar 13, 2009, 09:00 AM

CN Tower is still taller. Take THAT America!!! :p:D;)

you learn the most useless junk on Wikipedia.

Eanair

Mar 13, 2009, 09:36 AM

The CN Tower belongs to the dead. :D

Wow, I feel like such a dork.

jzuena

Mar 13, 2009, 10:00 AM

Anywho, I'm still holding to not doing any business in that city until Meigs gets restored, or Daley is gone.

BL.

I am also staying away from Chicago because of Meigs, but whenever the subject comes up with others in my company who are in Chicago, they spout Daley's line on how it wasn't needed and the city is better off without it. Of course resident's don't see the need for it... they aren't going to fly from their own neighborhood airport to Meigs. And they don't see how someone without a local car might want to land right in the city and not 8-25 miles away as the current three closest airports are.

In the past Daley wanted to close Midway, too. That's just what the city would have needed... even MORE traffic at O'Hare.

How Daley got Boeing to move their headquarters to the most unfriendly city to aviation in the US is a mystery to me.

ejb190

Mar 13, 2009, 10:15 AM

Reminds me a bit of when RCA bought the naming rights for the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. Everyone still called it the Hoosier Dome anyway.

The real sad part is even after the Dome was torn down, the city of Indianapolis still owes $75 million for it...

Rt&Dzine

Mar 13, 2009, 11:37 AM

^^^
Soon could be the RCA Colts and the Willis Bulls

leekohler

Mar 13, 2009, 11:40 AM

I am also staying away from Chicago because of Meigs, but whenever the subject comes up with others in my company who are in Chicago, they spout Daley's line on how it wasn't needed and the city is better off without it. Of course resident's don't see the need for it... they aren't going to fly from their own neighborhood airport to Meigs. And they don't see how someone without a local car might want to land right in the city and not 8-25 miles away as the current three closest airports are.

In the past Daley wanted to close Midway, too. That's just what the city would have needed... even MORE traffic at O'Hare.

How Daley got Boeing to move their headquarters to the most unfriendly city to aviation in the US is a mystery to me.

I don't know anyone who thought the destruction of Meigs was a good thing. It was one of the scariest things I remember happening here. Daley needs to go.

mynamesreallong

Mar 13, 2009, 11:40 AM

I, for one am going to continue to call it "Sears Tower." :)
As will I, If they ever change Wrigley's name im never going back home. :mad:

bradl

Mar 13, 2009, 11:49 AM

As will I, If they ever change Wrigley's name im never going back home. :mad:

If they change that to Harry Carey Field, or Harry Carey/Wrigley field, that would be a good move.

But yes, Chicago's narcissistic king^H^H^H^Hmayor needs to go.

BL.

puckhead193

Mar 13, 2009, 11:53 AM

you learn the most useless junk on Wikipedia.

and that's what makes it so awesome.
It will always be known as the Sears Tower...and should be kept that way just like the chrysler building in NYC

thunderclap

Mar 13, 2009, 11:55 AM

I wouldn't exactly call Wikipedia confirmation. Give me a link to a reliable news source and I'll believe it.

localoid

Mar 13, 2009, 12:00 PM

I wonder if there was similar cries of anguish when they changed the name of the place from Chigagou to Chicago. :p

GSMiller

Mar 13, 2009, 12:02 PM

Next Honda will buy the naming rights to the Chrysler Building.

jzuena

Mar 13, 2009, 12:04 PM

I don't know anyone who thought the destruction of Meigs was a good thing. It was one of the scariest things I remember happening here. Daley needs to go.

You've renewed my faith in the people of Chicago!

And I concur that Daley needs to go, but I don't get a vote :D

notjustjay

Mar 13, 2009, 02:13 PM

I wouldn't exactly call Wikipedia confirmation. Give me a link to a reliable news source and I'll believe it.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-sears-tower-name-change-willis-march12,0,7014962.story

Prof.

Mar 13, 2009, 02:25 PM

CN Tower is still taller. Take THAT America!!! :p:D;)
The Chicago Spire and The Freedom Tower will surpass The CN tower. ;)

Chicago Spire: 2000 ft to the roof.

Freedom Tower New York City:
Antenna/Spire: 1,776 ft (541.3 m)
Roof: 1,368 ft (417 m)
Top floor: 1,362 ft (415 m)

Anyone know why it's 1776 feet tall? lol

irmongoose

Mar 13, 2009, 02:34 PM

Anyone know why it's 1776 feet tall? lol

I believe 1776 is the year the U.S. Declaration of Independence was signed...

Yup. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence)

I guess that one class of U.S. History did come in handy... :p

irmongoose

Counterfit

Mar 13, 2009, 02:56 PM

CN Tower is still taller. Take THAT America!!! :p:D;)
How many offices are in the CN Tower? :p

I wouldn't exactly call Wikipedia confirmation. Give me a link to a reliable news source and I'll believe it.

You could just click the links that are in the article. You know, what with it having sources and all...