The show featured the Willis Tower (the tallest building in the United States) as a lead-in to Connolly's meeting with an Illinois champion pie-maker, an Amish family and two female St. Louis residents whose homes were destroyed by a tornado.
It is the fourth-tallest building in the Greater China region and the eighth-tallest office building in the world, based on structural heights; by roof height, only the Taipei 101, Shanghai World Financial Center, Willis Tower, International Commerce Centre and Burj Khalifa exceed it.
Windows were blown out of several high rises in downtown Chicago, including the tallest building, the Willis Tower.
The Telesonics system was tested and refined using the WTTW transmitter facilities on the Sears Tower.
WGCI broadcasts at 3700 watts (3.7 kilowatts) at 107.5 megahertz (MHz) from atop the Willis Tower (the former Sears Tower) in Downtown Chicago, and has studios located on Michigan Avenue.
Willis Tower a skyscraper in Chicago formerly called the Sears Tower
If put up next to Chicago's Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower), the WKBT transmitter would surpass the upper roof and fall just about 100 feet short of the highest antenna on top.
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He is the designer of Willis Tower – the tallest building in the United States (and tallest in the world for many years), John Hancock Centre, Hajj Terminal and etc.
The city is modeled after Chicago, including many of its landmarks, such as The 'L', Willis Tower (then known as Sears Tower), Wrigley Field, and Soldier Field.
Upon retiring, Rich initially used his civil engineering degree, working for a time on what was to become Willis Tower and became a commodities trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.