Chicago’s 110-story Sears Tower tops out as world’s tallest building 40 years ago today (1973)


Video: 'Sears Tower on Modern Marvels' (May 3, 1973, at 27:33)

(Thursday, May 3, 1973) — Chicago’s 110-story Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) was topped out today after two years of construction, becoming the world’s tallest building for the next 25 years.