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The Willis TowerBy Miles van Bork
The Giant of Chicago
Height: 527 meters (bottom to tip)
108 stories
Taller than World Trade Center
Shorter than The Petronas Twin Towers
104 elevators/lifts
2nd tallest building in USA
History
Built in 1973
Designed by Bruce Graham and Fazlur Rahman Kahn
Built in Chicago, Illinois
Height lowered by the Federal Aviation Administration
The skydeck
Located on 103rd floor
Glass balcony
Can see Lake Michigan and part of Indiana from skydeck
Broadcasting
Broadcasts radio and tv stations
Broadcasts NOAA Weather Station
Used to broadcast Disney-abc
About Bruce Graham
Columbian architect
Born December 1,1925
Graduated from University of Pennsylvania
Died March 6, 2010
About Falzur Kahn
Born April 3, 1929 in Bangladesh
Died March 27, 1982
Graduated from University of Dhaka
Engineer
Resources for this Project
Wikipedia
Willistower.com