It is the only minaret-shaped antenna on any skyscraper in the world.
So they top it off with a minaret???
Is the spire an antenna -- or a minaret???
Is that the real reason why it is being counted as part of the building??
the fix was in. new york got to count the spire, but chicago can’t. doesn’t sound fair, evenhanded, nor consistent to me. and i am NOT a chicago fan
Just looked at the pictures and you are correct.
What a disgrace. Not counting the antenna, the Chicago tower is much higher!
“The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat” REALLY?!
OK Chicago, put a cross on your building and make it 1812 feet tall.
We are quickly becoming the nation that lies, about everything.
So totally representative of what our nation has become. If we don’t like the truth we simply declare a new truth. Just like Obama, it is deemed to be something that it is not simply because a certain group of people want it to be so so badly.
Just a 1776 foot target.
All they need to do now is replace the star at the top with a star and crescent.
The top of the building should be the top of the building, not the top of some tacked on ornament.
Oh! They must mean the Sears Tower. I get it now.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
I think it is interesting that this article did not include the ‘intelligent’ and ‘insightful’ comments made yesterday on this subject by the ‘honorable’ mayor of Chicago, Mr. Ramadan Emmanuel...
As far as I’m concerned the SEARS Tower is still the tallest building in the country. I will never use the new name nor care about the decoration on top of 1 WTC.
I still say they should have rebuilt the towers to look the same, maybe with a missile battery on top, instead of building that mirrored thing.