Sears_Tower

Sears Tower SEARS TOWER The Petrona Towers in Malaysia may hold the world’s tallest building title, but the Sears Tower is the tallest building in North America. . (BENNET p.40) The functions of skyscrapers are usually for commercial use. The Sears Tower is a fine example of it, not only for being the headquarters for Sears & Roebuck Company but also for its observation deck for the people of Chicago and the tourist that come to see the city of tall buildings. The skyscraper has always been associated with wealth and power. To the public, big is good, in terms of buildings, the taller the better. People have been fascinated with skyscrapers ever since the birth of the skyscraper in 1885. It was a ten-story high steel frame structure designed by William Le Baron Jenney in 1885; it was named the “Home Insurance Building.” The Reliance Building in Chicago was built in 1895, it was fifteen stories high, and it used a semi rigid steel frame. The rigid steel frame was held together with steel beams and connected by rivets. (BENNET p.44) sears, building, tower, chicago, buildings, steel, tallest, floors, new, floor, world, tubes, made, space, pridemore, peters, one, feet, construction, city, workers, top, started, som, skyscrapers, out, needed, graham, doherty, because, less, been, work, wanted, walls