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Willis Tower

The Willis Tower, formerly and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, 1,451-foot skyscraper in the community area of in , United States.
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  • Type: Commercial building
  • Description: skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois
  • Also known as: “233 South Wacker Drive”, “233 S. Wacker Drive”, “233 S Wacker Drive”, and “Sears Tower”
  • Address: 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Skydeck and Chicago Union Station.

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Railway station
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is an intercity and commuter rail terminal located in the West Loop neighborhood of the of , United States. is situated 1,200 feet west of Willis Tower.

Memorial
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The was a skyscraper that stood in from 1885 to its demolition in 1931. Originally ten stories and 138 ft tall, it was designed by William Le Baron Jenney in 1884 and completed the next year. is situated 1,200 feet east of Willis Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Loop and Printer’s Row.

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The is the central business district of , bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Harrison Street to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.

Neighborhood
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Printers Row, also known as Printing House Row, is a Chicago neighborhood located in South Loop. The area of Printers Row is generally defined by Ida B.

Neighborhood
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is a social and dining district, located on the of . Today, consists mostly of restaurants and businesses, although a cultural museum and an annual parade and festival still remain in the neighborhood.

Willis Tower

Latitude
41.87874° or 41° 52′ 43″ north
Longitude
-87.63596° or 87° 38′ 10″ west
Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)
Inception
1973
Height
1,453 feet (443 metres)
Named after
Willis Group
Open location code
86HJV9H7+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 380868216
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
Geo­Names ID
4910967
Wiki­data ID
Q29294
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Satellite Map

Discover Willis Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Willis Tower” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Willis-toring”
  • Albanian: “Willis Tower”
  • Arabic: “برج سيرز”
  • Arabic: “برج ويليس”
  • Aragonese: “Willis Tower”
  • Armenian: “Ուիլիս-թաուեր”
  • Asturian: “Willis Tower”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sirs Tauer”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uillis Tauer”
  • Balinese: “Menara Willis”
  • Basque: “Sears Dorrea”
  • Basque: “Sears Tower”
  • Basque: “Willis dorrea”
  • Basque: “Willis Tower”
  • Belarusian: “Willis Tower”
  • Belarusian: “Віліс Таўэр”
  • Belarusian: “Віліс-Таўэр”
  • Belarusian: “Сырс-Таўэр”
  • Belarusian: “Ўіліс Таўэр”
  • Belarusian: “Уіліс-таўэр”
  • Bengali: “উইলিস টাওয়ার”
  • Bosnian: “Sears Tower”
  • Bosnian: “Willis Tower”
  • Breton: “Willis Tower”
  • Bulgarian: “Сиърс Тауър”
  • Bulgarian: “Уилис Тауър”
  • Catalan: “Sears Tower”
  • Catalan: “Torre Sears”
  • Catalan: “Torre Willis”
  • Catalan: “Willis Tower”
  • Central Bikol: “Willis Tower”
  • Chinese: “威利斯大廈”
  • Chinese: “希爾斯大樓”
  • Chinese: “席爾斯大樓”
  • Chinese: “西尔斯大楼”
  • Chinese: “西爾斯大廈”
  • Chinese: “西爾斯大樓”
  • Chinese: “韋萊大廈”
  • Chinese: “韋萊集團大廈”
  • Cornish: “Willis Tower”
  • Croatian: “Sears Tower”
  • Croatian: “Willis Tower”
  • Czech: “Sears Tower”
  • Czech: “Willis Tower”
  • Danish: “Sears Tower”
  • Danish: “Willis Tower”
  • Dutch: “Sears Tower”
  • Dutch: “Willis Tower”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج ويليس”
  • Esperanto: “Sears Tower”
  • Esperanto: “Sears-Turo”
  • Esperanto: “Willis Tower”
  • Esperanto: “Willis-Turo”
  • Estonian: “Sears Tower”
  • Estonian: “Searsi torn”
  • Estonian: “Willis Tower”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Willis Tower”
  • Finnish: “Sears Tower”
  • Finnish: “Willis Tower”
  • French: “Sears Tower”
  • French: “Sky City One”
  • French: “Tour Sears”
  • French: “Tour Willis”
  • French: “Willis Tower”
  • Galician: “Willis Tower”
  • Georgian: “სირს ტაუერი”
  • Georgian: “უილის ტაუერი”
  • German: “Sears Tower”
  • German: “Sears-Tower”
  • German: “Willis Tower”
  • Gothic: “𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌹𐍃 𐍄𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂”
  • Gothic: “𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌹𐍃 𐍄𐍉𐍅𐌴𐍂”
  • Greek: “Γουίλις Τάουερ”
  • Greek: “Σίαρς Τάουερ”
  • Guarani: “Willis tuicha”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל ויליס”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל סירס”
  • Hindi: “विलिस टावर”
  • Hindi: “विलिस टॉवर”
  • Hindi: “विलिस मीनार”
  • Hindi: “शियर्स टॉवर”
  • Hindi: “सियर्स टॉवर”
  • Hindi: “सियर्स मीनार”
  • Hindi: “सीयर्स टावर”
  • Hungarian: “Sears Tower”
  • Hungarian: “Willis Tower”
  • Ido: “Willis Turmo”
  • Ido: “Willis-Turmo”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Sears”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Willis”
  • Indonesian: “Sears Tower”
  • Indonesian: “Willis Tower”
  • Italian: “Sears Tower”
  • Italian: “Willis Tower”
  • Japanese: “ウィリス・タワー”
  • Japanese: “ウィリスタワー”
  • Japanese: “シアーズ・タワー”
  • Japanese: “シアーズタワー”
  • Javanese: “Menara Willis”
  • Korean: “시어스 타워”
  • Korean: “시어스타워”
  • Korean: “시어즈 타워”
  • Korean: “윌리스 타워”
  • Korean: “윌리스타워”
  • Kurdish: “Barûya Willis”
  • Latvian: “Vilisa tornis”
  • Lithuanian: “Sears Tower”
  • Lithuanian: “Willis Tower”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Willis torm”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Willisowy torm”
  • Macedonian: “Вилис Тауер”
  • Maithili: “विलिस टावर”
  • Malay: “Menara Sears”
  • Malay: “Menara Willis”
  • Malay: “Sears Tower”
  • Malay: “Willis Tower”
  • Malayalam: “Willis Tower”
  • Malayalam: “വില്ലിസ് ഗോപുരം”
  • Malayalam: “സിയേഴ്സ് ഗോപുരം”
  • Marathi: “विलिस टॉवर”
  • Marathi: “सीयर्स टॉवर”
  • Newari: “विलिस टावर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sears Tower”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Willis Tower”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Willis Tower”
  • Norwegian: “Sears Tower”
  • Norwegian: “Willis Tower”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tor Sears”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tor Willis”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Willis Tower”
  • Pangasinan: “Willis Tower”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਿਲਿਸ ਮੀਨਾਰ”
  • Persian: “برج سیرز”
  • Persian: “برج ویلیس”
  • Piemontese: “Willis Tor”
  • Polish: “Sears Tower”
  • Polish: “Willis Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Sears Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Torre sears”
  • Portuguese: “Willis Tower”
  • Pushto: “د وېلس برج”
  • Quechua: “Willis Tower”
  • Romanian: “Sears Tower”
  • Romanian: “Willis Tower”
  • Russian: “Sears Tower”
  • Russian: “Башня Сирс”
  • Russian: “Сирс и Робак”
  • Russian: “Сирс Тауэр”
  • Russian: “Сирс-Тауэр”
  • Russian: “Уиллис Тауэр”
  • Russian: “Уиллис-тауэр”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Willistouden”
  • Scots: “Willis Touer”
  • Serbian: “Sears Tower”
  • Serbian: “Vilis tauer”
  • Serbian: “Willis Tower”
  • Serbian: “Вилис тауер”
  • Serbian: “Сирс Тауер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Willis Tower”
  • Sicilian: “Willis Tower”
  • Slovak: “Sears Tower”
  • Slovak: “Willis Tower”
  • Slovenian: “Willis Tower”
  • Somali: “Willis Tower”
  • Spanish: “Sears Tower”
  • Spanish: “Torre Sears”
  • Spanish: “Torre Willis”
  • Spanish: “Willis Tower”
  • Swedish: “Sear’s Tower”
  • Swedish: “Sears Tower”
  • Swedish: “Willis Tower”
  • Swiss German: “Willisturm”
  • Tagalog: “Toreng Willis”
  • Tamil: “சியேர்ஸ் கோபுரம்”
  • Telugu: “విల్లిస్ టవర్”
  • Thai: “เซียร์ทาวเวอร์”
  • Thai: “เซียรส์ทาวเวอร์”
  • Thai: “ตึกเซียร์ทาวเวอร์”
  • Thai: “วิลลิสทาวเวอร์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Willisturm”
  • Turkish: “Sears Kulesi”
  • Turkish: “Sears Tower”
  • Turkish: “Willis Kulesi”
  • Turkish: “Willis Tower”
  • Twi: “Willis Tour”
  • Twi: “Willis Tower”
  • Ukrainian: “Вілліс Тауер”
  • Ukrainian: “Вілліс-тауер”
  • Ukrainian: “Сірз Тауер”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sears Tower”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Willis Tower”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Willisowa wěža”
  • Urdu: “سیئرز ٹاور”
  • Uzbek: “Willis Tower”
  • Vietnamese: “Sears Tower”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Sears”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Willis”
  • Vietnamese: “Willis Tower”
  • Vlaams: “Willis Tower”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sears Tower”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Willis Tower”
  • Welsh: “Willis Tower”
  • Western Frisian: “Sears toer”
  • Western Frisian: “Sears Tower”
  • Western Frisian: “Willis Toer”
  • Western Frisian: “Willis Tower”
  • Western Panjabi: “ولیز ٹاور”
  • Wolof: “Willis Tower”
  • Wu Chinese: “威利斯大厦”
  • Yoruba: “Willis Tower”
  • Yue Chinese: “威利斯大廈”
  • “Sears Tower”
  • “Willis Tower”

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