This is me standing on a plate of glass that juts out from the 103rd floor of the tallest building in the western hemisphere. There's just a piece of glass between me and falling 103 stories to the street below. My hands were so sweaty...it took me about 15 minutes to get brave enough to walk out there.
2 Weeks ago, I went to Chicago for some Banking Training for work. The streets were crazy. Ther were fairly narrow streets (not as bad as Seattle or NY), but the buildings came right to the edge of the streets, it was crazy. There were tall buildings on every street. I felt trapped.
Our offices are at the Sears Tower (now called the Willis Tower). It is the tallest building in the western hemisphere (used to be the tallest in the world). So Steve Plowman, Brad Schultz and I went up to the top floor where they have the Skydeck.
This is a replica of the tower.
This is a map of where the tower is in Chicago. It is right on lake Michigan, and as you can see, you are suposed to be able to see up to 50 miles into 4 different states.
This is a shot from the top floor. The city of Chicago is HUGE. It goes on and on forever. It looks like this out of every window.
So, they SkyDeck is this little glass room that has been built off of the top floor. You can step out onto it and there is nothing but glass between you and 103 stories. Those little dots below are cars.
The river runs right through the city and there are bridges every few blocks to connect the streets.
More Bridges
So, the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) has the LAMEST lobby ever. You would think it would be cool since it's such an iconic landmark...but it's not. Those weird shapes on the wall spin around.
See...I was really there.
This is me standing on a plate of glass that juts out from the 103rd floor of the tallest building in the western hemisphere. There's just a piece of glass between me and falling 103 stories to the street below. My hands were so sweaty...it took me about 15 minutes to get brave enough to walk out there.
2 Weeks ago, I went to Chicago for some Banking Training for work. The streets were crazy. Ther were fairly narrow streets (not as bad as Seattle or NY), but the buildings came right to the edge of the streets, it was crazy. There were tall buildings on every street. I felt trapped.
Our offices are at the Sears Tower (now called the Willis Tower). It is the tallest building in the western hemisphere (used to be the tallest in the world). So Steve Plowman, Brad Schultz and I went up to the top floor where they have the Skydeck.
This is a replica of the tower.
This is a map of where the tower is in Chicago. It is right on lake Michigan, and as you can see, you are suposed to be able to see up to 50 miles into 4 different states.
This is a shot from the top floor. The city of Chicago is HUGE. It goes on and on forever. It looks like this out of every window.
So, they SkyDeck is this little glass room that has been built off of the top floor. You can step out onto it and there is nothing but glass between you and 103 stories. Those little dots below are cars.
The river runs right through the city and there are bridges every few blocks to connect the streets.
More Bridges
So, the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) has the LAMEST lobby ever. You would think it would be cool since it's such an iconic landmark...but it's not. Those weird shapes on the wall spin around.
See...I was really there.
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